Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech.
“Why is he crying?” he asked.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. He asked why he was crying.
The original sentence is in direct speech and in the present continuous tense: “Why is he crying?” he asked.
When converting to reported speech, the tense usually shifts back one step, so present continuous becomes past continuous: was crying.
The subject remains he because the question is about a male person.
Option 3 correctly reflects this.
Option 1 and 2 incorrectly change the subject to “she.”
Option 4 is grammatically incorrect (“she crying” missing verb form).