Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
She asked me where my hometown is and where I worked.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. hometown was.
The sentence talks about an action that has already taken place. Here, the sentence is in reported speech and the reporting verb i.e. "asked" is in the past tense.
Thus, the verb in the reported clause will also be in the past tense i.e. 'was'.
Hence, the correct sentence is- "She asked me where my hometown was and where I worked."