Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech.
I asked my mother where she kept the grocery.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. I said to my mother, "Where do you keep the grocery?".
Error concept
Incorrect use of tense and sentence structure in direct speech.
What is wrong
The other options have incorrect tense or subject-verb agreement.
Grammatical concept
In direct speech, for present simple questions, we use auxiliary do/does + subject + base verb.
Incorrectness of the concept in context
Option 1 uses present perfect tense unnecessarily.
Option 3 has incorrect subject-verb agreement (does she keeps should be does she keep).
Option 4 lacks auxiliary verb and question form.
How to correct
Use correct question form with auxiliary do and base verb.
Correct phrase/correction
I said to my mother, "Where do you keep the grocery?"
Final sentence
I said to my mother, "Where do you keep the grocery?"
Hence, the chosen option is correct.