WBCS.LIVE practice question

Choose the correct option to frame a question from the following sentence, using the appropriate punctuation — I asked him why he wasn’t in class.

Solve this multiple-choice question and check the correct answer with its explanation below.

Answer options

  1. I asked him – “Why you not in class?”
  2. I asked him, “Why you are not in class?”
  3. I asked him: ‘Why you are not in class?’
  4. I asked him, “Why are you not in class?”

Correct answer and explanation

Correct answer: I asked him, “Why are you not in class?”

Explanation: ✅ Correct Answer: D) I asked him, “Why are you not in class?” 📚 Explanation: When writing direct speech as a question, the subject and the helping verb must be swapped. This creates the correct interrogative form used in conversation. Double quotation marks are used to enclose the exact words spoken by the person. A comma is placed before the quote to separate it from the reporting verb.