WBCS.LIVE practice question

Out of the alternative suggested, select the one which best express the sentence in indirect speech. He asked me, "What are you doing?"

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

Answer options

  1. He asked about my activities.
  2. He asked me what I am doing.
  3. He asked me what I was doing.
  4. He asked me what I did.

Correct answer and explanation

Correct answer: He asked me what I was doing.

Explanation: Context: In indirect speech, when the reporting verb is in past tense ('asked'), the tense of the reported speech changes from present continuous ('are doing') to past continuous ('was doing'). 1. He asked about my activities. ❌ – generalised. 2. He asked me what I am doing. ❌ – tense error. 3. He asked me what I was doing. ✅ – correct indirect speech. 4. He asked me what I did. ❌ – wrong tense meaning. Correct/Example Sentence: He asked me what I was doing at that moment.