Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
Shanti asked me, "Why did you keep this smartphone in the bin?"
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is option 1 i.e. Shanti asked me why I had kept that smartphone in the bin.
- As the reported speech is in "Interrogative sentence" we need to make changes according to this.
- There will be a change in the reporting verb and it will be changed into "Asked".
- The inverted comma will be changed into "WHY".
- The tense of the reported speech will be changed into "Past Perfect Tense".
- The reported speech will be written in an assertive structure (subject + verb).
As all the rules are followed by the chosen option it will be correct.