Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
The stranger said to me “What is your name?”
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. The stranger asked me what my name was.
Option 2 is correct because:
As the reporting verb is in past tense, Simple present tense (is) changes to simple past tense (was).
Since it is an interrogative sentence, the Reported verb is made assertive; i.e. it is kept in the order of subject + verb.
The correct sentence will be: The stranger asked me what my name was.