Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
The mother asked the daughter, "Can we buy tonight’s dinner from the restaurant?”
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. The mother asked the daughter if they could buy that night’s dinner from the restaurant.
Option 2 is correct because:
As the reporting verb is in past tense, present tense (Can) changes to past tense (could).
First person pronoun (we) changes to third person pronoun "They".
The correct sentence will be: The mother asked the daughter if they could buy that night’s dinner from the restaurant.