Multiple choice

Directions: Select the correct indirect form of the following direct form.

I said, “Ram, who broke the slate?”

  1. I asked Ram, who had broken the slate.

  2. I asked who had broken the slate.

  3. I asked Ram who could break the slate.

  4. I asked Ram by whom the slate has been broken.
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Explanation

Reported speech changes from simple past tense to past perfect if the reporting verb is in past tense.

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