Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
The counter clerk asked the visitor, “What is your name?"
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 1 i.e. The counter clerk asked the visitor his name.
The given sentence is an interrogative sentence, to convert this sentence into indirect speech we need to follow the following points:
- Inverted commas will get omitted.
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The reporting verb asked remains unchanged.
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The pronoun 'your' will be changed into pronoun 'his'.
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The tense of the given sentence is past tense which remains unchanged.
After following these steps, we got the indirect speech as: The counter clerk asked the visitor his name.
Hence, the correct answer is Option 1 i.e. The counter clerk asked the visitor his name.