WBCS.LIVE practice question

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech. The investigator asked me, “Did you see or hear anything in the dead of night?”

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

Answer options

  1. The investigator asked me if I saw or heard anything in the dead of night.
  2. The investigator asked me if I see or hear anything in the dead of night.
  3. The investigator asked me if I had seen or heard anything in the dead of night.
  4. The investigator asked me that if I had seen or heard anything in the dead of night.

Correct answer and explanation

Correct answer: The investigator asked me if I had seen or heard anything in the dead of night.

Explanation: The correct answer is C.✅ Option C is the correct reported speech form.