WBCS.LIVE practice question

Out of the four alternatives suggested select the one which based expresses the same sentence in indirect/direct speech. He said to his servant, "Why are you so lazy today?

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

Answer options

  1. He asked his servant why he was so lazy that day.
  2. He asked his servant why he had been so lazy that day.
  3. He asked his servant why he was being so lazy that day.
  4. He asked his servant why was he so lazy that day.

Correct answer and explanation

Correct answer: He asked his servant why he was so lazy that day.

Explanation: āœ… Correct Answer: A) He asked his servant why he was so lazy that day. šŸ“š Explanation: When converting to indirect speech, the question 'Why are you' becomes a statement 'why he was'. Also, the word 'today' must be changed to 'that day' to reflect the change in time. Option A correctly follows all the rules of narration change for interrogative sentences.