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SSC CGL 2020 PYQ — Question 21

SSC CGL - 3rd March 2020 Shift 2 • English • Q21

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Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

He said to me, "What are you doing?"

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is option 3 i.e. He asked me what I was doing.

  •  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 "what".
  • Tense of the reported speech will be changed into "Simple Past Tense".
  • The reported speech will be kept in the assertive structure.

As all the rules are followed by the chosen option it will be correct.