Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
The teacher asked me to tell him what is his name?
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. what his name was.
- In the original sentence, the phrase "what is his name?" is a direct question within an indirect question structure.
- However, when reporting or converting an indirect question, it is common to change the present tense of the verb in the question to the past tense.
- Therefore, "what is his name?" is changed to "what his name was" to make it grammatically correct.