SSC CGL 2022 PYQ — Question 49

SSC CGL Tier II - English - 3rd Feb 2022 • English • Q49

Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence.

Anju said to me, “What are you doing next weekend?”

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Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is option 4 i.e. Anju asked me what I was doing the following weekend.

 

  • The reporting speech of the given direct voice is in present continuous tense is changed to past continuous tense.
  • is/are/am doing will be changed to was/ were doing.
  • "Said" of the reporting verb will be changed to "asked" as the given sentence is in the future tense.
  • Comma and inverted comma will be removed.
  • Next in direct speech is changed to following in the indirect speech.

The most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence-

Anju asked me what I was doing the following weekend.