WBCS.LIVE practice question

Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence. Shanti asked me, “Why did you keep this smartphone in the bin?”

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

Answer options

  1. Shanti asked me why I had kept that smartphone in the bin.
  2. Shanti asked me why I was keeping that smartphone in the bin.
  3. Shanti asked me why I had been keeping that smartphone in the bin.
  4. Shanti asked me why I kept that smartphone in the bin.

Correct answer and explanation

Correct answer: Shanti asked me why I had kept that smartphone in the bin.