Select the indirect narration of the given sentence.
He said to the hotel receptionist, “Can you tell me the tariff of rooms?
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. He asked the hotel receptionist if he could tell him the tariff of rooms.
- 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 "IF".
- Tense of the reported speech will be changed into "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.