Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence.
Frank said to Albert, “ How is your search for a new house coming along?”
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is option 1 i.e. Frank asked Albert how his search for a new house was coming along.
The reporting verb "said to" is changed to "asked" to properly reflect that a question is being reported. This is because, in indirect speech, questions are introduced with "asked" rather than "said to."
The direct question "How is your search for a new house coming along?" is transformed into a statement format suitable for indirect speech. This involves changing the present tense "is" to the past tense "was," following the past tense of the reporting verb "said."
The pronoun "your" is altered to "his" to accurately reflect the shift from the direct perspective of Albert’s search to the reported perspective.
The question mark is removed, and the sentence is restructured into a statement form "Frank asked Albert how his search for a new house was coming along." This conversion maintains the original meaning while aligning with the grammatical conventions of indirect speech.