This question tests the understanding of converting direct speech into indirect (reported) speech, specifically for imperative sentences (commands or requests). Key considerations include changing the reporting verb, removing quotation marks, and using an infinitive phrase (to + verb).
C) He requested me to open the window — This option correctly uses the reporting verb "requested" for a polite request ("Please"), converts the imperative to an infinitive ("to open"), and includes the implied object "me", making it grammatically correct and natural.
To convert a direct question into indirect speech, we need to follow specific rules regarding reporting verbs, conjunctions, pronouns, and tense changes. For 'yes/no' questions, 'if' or 'whether' is used, and the tense of the verb in the reported speech usually shifts to a past equivalent.
B) He asked if I had completed the work
This option correctly applies all the rules: "asked" is used, "if" introduces the reported speech, the pronoun "you" changes to "I", and the tense "Have completed" correctly changes to "had completed" (Past Perfect Tense). The structure is also assertive.
To convert a direct speech sentence into indirect speech, several rules must be applied. These include changes in pronouns, tenses, and time/place expressions. We need to identify these changes for the given sentence: "She said, "I may come tomorrow.""
Applying these rules to "She said, "I may come tomorrow."", we get: "She said (that) she might come the next day."
Correct Option: A) She said she might come the next day
Select the indirect form: He said, "I was reading when you called."
He said he was reading when I called
He said I was reading when you called
He said that he had been reading when I had called.
He said he had read when you called
To convert a direct speech sentence into indirect speech, we need to follow specific rules regarding tense changes, pronoun changes, and changes in time/place expressions. The given sentence is in the past continuous tense for the main clause and simple past for the subordinate clause.
Applying these rules:
Combining these, the indirect form is: "He said that he had been reading when I had called."
Correct Option: C) He said that he had been reading when I had called.
To change a direct speech interrogative sentence (a question) into indirect speech, we need to follow specific rules:
Correct Option: A) He asked who I was
To convert a direct speech sentence into indirect speech, we need to follow specific rules regarding the reporting verb, conjunctions, pronouns, and most importantly, the tense of the verb in the reported speech. When the reporting verb (e.g., 'said') is in the past tense, the tense of the verb in the reported speech usually changes to its corresponding past tense form.
Correct Option: A) She said it was raining
This option correctly applies the rule of changing the present continuous tense ("is raining") to the past continuous tense ("was raining") because the reporting verb ("said") is in the past tense.