Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence.
Major Chaudhry said to the aspirants, “Does everyone understand English?”
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. Major Chaudhry asked the aspirants whether everyone understood English.
- This option is correct because firstly the indirect form uses the corresponding past tense 'understood' of the present form 'understand' that was used in the given question.
- This is accurate according to the rules of narration and both the instances make the same sense/meaning.
- Furthermore, as the given statement is interrogatory it is necessary to use the word 'asked' as it denotes itself as a question and altogether doesn't hamper the meaning of the statement.