Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
“Have you ever thought how difficult it is for the migrants to earn these days?” father asked his son.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2, i.e. Father asked his son whether he had ever thought how difficult it was for the migrants to earn those days.
Changes required:
Conjunction – “if” or “whether” is used to connect the reporting speech with the reported speech in yes/no questions.
Verb – “Have you ever thought” changes to “he had ever thought” (present perfect to past perfect).
Tense – “is” changes to “was”, and “these days” changes to “those days” (backshift in indirect speech).
Pronoun – “you” becomes “he”, based on the subject “his son”.
Others – Verb “to earn” stays the same because it follows “how difficult it was”.
Converted sentence: Father asked his son whether he had ever thought how difficult it was for the migrants to earn those days.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.