Select the correct Indirect form of the given sentence.
Bhola said to his mother, "Why is this charcoal so black?"
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. Bhola asked his mother why that charcoal was so black.
The Reported Speech is in Interrogative form and in simple present tense.
Changes to be made while changing it to indirect form are:
- ‘Said to’ is changed to “asked’.
- ‘this’ is changed to ‘that’.
- ‘simple present tense’ is changed to ‘simple past tense’.
The indirect form of the sentence is: "Bhola asked his mother why that charcoal was so black."
Hence, the chosen option is correct.