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SSC CHSL 2019 PYQ — Question 12

SSC CHSL - 4th July 2019 - Shift 3 • English • Q12

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Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence.

The lawyer said to the accused, "Where were you at the time of the burglary?"

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is Option 3. i.e. The lawyer asked the accused where he was at the time of the burglary.

Concept/Grammar rules

Application
  1. An interrogative sentence is meant to ask questions, therefore, Reporting verb ‘said/said to’ is changed to asked.
  2. If the question is formed with the help of words starting with "Wh" like who, whose, what, whom, when, etc (also known as A family) or How then to replace "_" no conjunction is used.

Second person ‘you’ changes to ‘he’, ‘were’ changes to ‘was’.

Therefore, the correct sentence will be:- 'The lawyer asked the accused where he was at the time of the burglary.'

Hence, the chosen option is correct.