Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.
She asked me why I had been smoking that day.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. She said to me, “Why were you smoking today?”
- The given sentence "She asked me why I had been smoking that day" is already in the direct form.
- It is a simple sentence in which the subject "She" is followed by the verb "asked" and then the object "me", and then a question is posed starting with the interrogative word "why" and followed by the subject "I" and the past perfect tense verb "had been smoking" and the object "that day".
- In the direct form, the sentence expresses the speaker's words or thoughts verbatim without any change in the structure or meaning of the sentence.
Thus, the correct sentence is:
She said to me, “Why were you smoking today?”