Select the indirect narration of the given sentence.
He said to me, "What time do the banks open and close?"
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is option 1 i.e. He asked me what time the banks opened and closed.
- 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".
- The tense of the reported speech will be changed into "Simple Past Tense".
- The reported speech will be kept in the assertive structure. ( Subject + Verb).
As all the rules are followed by the chosen option it will be correct.