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In the following question, a question is given in Direct speech. Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the sentence in Indirect speech. Baljeet said to me, "Did you recognize the boy in the blue dress at my wedding function?"

In the following question, a question is given in Direct speech. Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the sentence in Indirect speech. Baljeet said to me, "Did you recognize the boy in the blue dress at my wedding function?" Correct Answer Baljeet asked me if I had recognized the boy in the blue dress at his wedding function.

The correct answer is Option 4) i.e Baljeet asked me if I had recognized the boy in the blue dress at his wedding function.

Key Points

Let's look at the steps to change the sentence from direct to indirect speech:

  • When the direct speech is in an interrogative form, we follow the steps given below:
    • The reporting verb said is converted into asked.
    • Connectors 'whether' or 'if' are used in place of comma and inverted commas.
    • Change the sentence in the reported speech from interrogative to assertive.
    • The personal pronouns will be changed according to the subject and object of the reporting verb.
      • Second person pronouns in the direct speech change according to the object(me) of the reporting verb. Here the 2nd person 'you' will convert into the 1st person 'I' as per the object.
      • First-person pronouns in the direct speech change according to the subject(Baljeet) of the reporting verb In the same manner, 'my' will be converted into 'his' in the latter part of the sentence.
    • The tense of indirect/reported speech is changed only when the reporting verb(said) is in the past tense. 'Did recognize' changes into had recognized.
    • At last line up the remaining part.
       

Following these steps, we finally get- "Baljeet asked me if I had recognized the boy in the blue dress at his wedding function."

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