Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech.
The investigator asked me, “Did you see or hear anything in the dead of night?”
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 4 i.e. The investigator asked me if I had seen or heard anything in the dead of night.
The given sentence is in direct speech, to convert this sentence into indirect speech we need to follow the following points:
- Inverted commas will get omitted and 'that' will be used.
- In interrogative sentences, if the introductory verb is 'asked' it remains same in the indirect speech.
- To change a direct question to an indirect question, you just add 'if' instead of 'that' form.
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The second person pronoun "you" becomes the first person pronoun "I" in the indirect speech.
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The simple past tense i.e. 'did .... see' will be changed into the past perfect tense form i.e. 'had seen'. Also, the simple present tense i.e. 'hear' will be changed into the simple past tense form i.e. 'heard'.
After following these steps, we got the indirect speech as: The investigator asked me if I had seen or heard anything in the dead of night.
Hence, the correct answer is Option 4 i.e. The investigator asked me if I had seen or heard anything in the dead of night.