Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
My friend said to me, “Do you know the recipe of mango ice-cream?”
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2, i.e. “My friend asked me if I knew the recipe of mango ice‑cream.”
This sentence is a yes/no question in direct speech. When converting to indirect speech:
- Use a reporting verb like asked.
- Introduce the question with if (or whether) since it's a yes/no question
- Shift the tense from present simple (“do you know”) to simple past (“you knew”) to match the past reporting verb .
- Adjust pronouns appropriately (you → me).
Therefore, the correct construction is:
My friend asked me if I knew the recipe of mango ice‑cream.
Option 1 is incorrect because it lacks the conjunction if.
Option 3 incorrectly keeps the present tense (“know”) without required tense shift.
Option 4 is ungrammatical in its structure (“…asked me that I knew…”).