Multiple choice

Directions: The underlined part of the given sentence may be correct or incorrect. There are four alternatives marked (1), (2), (3) and (4), which represent various ways of improving the underlined part. Select the appropriate choice to improve the underlined part of the sentence.

I asked him that why he is so lazy.

  1. that why is he

  2. why he was

  3. why he is

  4. why is he

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Why he was. Pronoun “that” is never used with interrogative words like “why”. (3) option completely changes the meaning of the sentence and the phrasing is not correct in the (4) option.

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