In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
The teacher said to the student, "Why were you absent yesterday?"
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. The teacher asked the student why he had been absent the previous day.
- For changing direct/indirect speech into indirect/direct speech certain grammatical rules are followed:-
- As the reported speech is in an interrogative sentence, the reported verb will be changed into "asked".
- "Why" will be used as the conjunction.
- "yesterday" will be changed into "the previous day".
As the chosen option follows all the given rules it will be correct.