Multiple choice

Directions: Pick out the correct alternative that completes the sentence in indirect narration.

The saint said to me, “Why do you not go to the temple daily?” The saint :

  1. said to me that why I did not go to the temple daily

  2. asked me that why I did not go to the temple daily

  3. asked me that why I do not go to the temple daily

  4. enquired of me why I did not go to the temple daily
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D Correct answer
Explanation

In indirect speech, WH-questions do not use the conjunction 'that' because the question word itself acts as the connector. The reporting verb 'said to' changes to 'enquired of' or 'asked', and the present simple 'do not go' shifts to the past simple 'did not go'.

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