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SSC Selection Post 2022 PYQ — Question 13

SSC Selection Post - Graduation Level - 03 Aug 2022 - Shift 3 • English • Q13

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Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.

He said to the boy, “What are you writing here?”

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is option 2 i.e. He asked the boy what he was writing there.

 

Changes in Indirect Speech:

  1. Said to becomes asked (because it’s a question)

  2. What are you writing becomes what he was writing (present continuous to past continuous)

  3. Here becomes there (change in place word in reported speech)

Final Indirect Speech Sentence: He asked the boy what he was writing there.

Hence, the chosen option will be correct.