A sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech. You asked me if I had read the article.
A sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in
Indirect/Direct speech.
You asked me if I had read the article.
1). You said to me, "When did you read the article?"
2). You said to me, “Have you read the article?”
3). You said to me, "Are you going to read the article?"
4). You said to me, "Will you read the article?"
1 answers
The correct answer is option 2.
The given sentence is in Indirect Speech and needs to be converted to Direct Speech.
There are several rules for doing the same:
1. It is important to use the correct tense of the reporting verb (said).
2. The conjunctions ‘that, to, if, whether’ must be removed.
3. Quotation marks, question marks, exclamation marks and full stop must be inserted wherever necessary.
4. A comma must be inserted before the statement.
5. The order of words must be carefully looked at.
6. Pay attention to the correct conjugation of the verbs in the given statement.
Keeping all the above rules in consideration, the correct form of the sentence in Direct Speech would be:
You said to me, “Have you read the article?”