Multiple choice

Directions: In the question, a sentence has been given in direct/indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in direct/indirect speech.

The aunt said to me, “How is your mother now?”

  1. The aunt asked me that how my mother was then.

  2. The aunt asked me how my mother was then.

  3. The aunt asked me how my mother is now.

  4. The aunt asked me that how my mother is now.
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Explanation

Explanation for option 1: Here, “that” should not be used as it is “how” form of statement.

Explanation for option 2: It is question form in direct speech. So, “asked” is used and no linker like “that” is used and present simple tense is changed into past simple tense.

Explanation for option 3: Simple present is changed into simple past tense. Here, “is” is used which is wrong. Explanation for option 4: Here again “that” is used which is incorrect.

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