Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
I said to my daughter, “Why are you angry with me?”
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. I asked my daughter why she was angry with me.
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The direct question "Why are you angry with me?" is converted to an indirect question using "asked".
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The question is embedded into the sentence without quotation marks.
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"You" changes to "she" because the speaker (I) is referring to the daughter.
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The present tense "are" changes to the past tense "was" to align with the past reporting verb "asked".
The correct indirect form of the sentence "I said to my daughter, ‘Why are you angry with me?’" is I asked my daughter why she was angry with me.