SSC CGL 2022 PYQ — Question 21

SSC CGL - 11 April 2022 - Shift 1 • English • Q21

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

He asked me when I had booked the flight tickets.

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Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is option 1 i.e. He said to me, “When did you book the flight tickets?”

Given sentence: He asked me when I had booked the flight tickets.

In direct speech, we need to add commas and inverted commas.

Asked is changed to said to.

Second-person pronouns are changed according to the object of the reporting verb, so, I is changed to you.

had booked is changed to did book.

So, the final sentence is:

He said to me, “When did you book the flight tickets?”