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Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech. “Where did the children leave their record books?” the sports coach asked the class prefect.

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech. “Where did the children leave their record books?” the sports coach asked the class prefect. Correct Answer The sports coach asked the class prefect where the children had left their record books.

The correct answer is 'The sports coach asked the class prefect where the children had left their record books'.

Key Points

  • The following changes occur when an interrogative sentence in the direct speech is changed to the indirect speech:
    • Inverted commas ('' '') and question mark (?) will be removed.
  • The simple past tense of the sentence (Subject+v2+object) will change into past perfect tense (Subject+had+v3+object).
  • Example: She said, “Gautam arrived on Sunday. (Direct)

                           She said that Gautam had arrived on Sunday. (Indirect)

  • No conjunction is used, if a sentence in direct speech begins with a question (what/where/when) as the “question-word” itself acts as a joining clause.
  • Reporting verbs such as ‘said/ said to’ changes to enquired, asked, or demanded.
  • While changing direct speech to indirect speech, the modals used in the sentences change like: can become could, may become might, etc.
  • The first person in direct speech changes as per the subject of the speech.
  • The second person of direct speech changes as per the object of reporting speech.
  • The third person of direct speech doesn’t change. 
  • In the given sentence 'their' is the third person therefore no changes will be made.
  • Hence, keeping all the rules in mind it can be concluded that option 4 is the correct answer.

 

The correct sentence: The sports coach asked the class prefect where the children had left their record books.

Additional Information 

Direct Speech

Indirect Speech

Simple present (subject+v1+Object)

Simple Past (Subject+v2+Object)

Present Continuous (Subject+is/am/are+v1+ing+Object)

Past Continuous (Subject+was/were+v1+ing+Object)

Present Perfect

(Subject+has/have+v3+Object)

Past Perfect (Subject+had+v3+Object)

Simple past (Subject+v2+Object)

Past Perfect (Subject+had+v3+Object)

Past Continuous (Subject+was/were+v1+ing+Object)

Past Perfect Continuous (Subject+had been+v1+ing+Object)

Simple Future (Subject+will/shall+v1+Object)

Present Conditional (Subject+would+v1+Object)

Future Continuous (Subject+will/shall+v1+ing+Object)

Conditional Continuous (Subject+would+be+v1+ing+Object

Hinglish

  • निम्नलिखित परिवर्तन तब होते हैं जब direct speech में एक प्रश्नवाचक वाक्य को indirect speech में बदल दिया जाता है:
    • Inverted commas ('' '') और question mark (?) हटा दिए जाएंगे।
  • वाक्य का Simple past tense (subject+v2+object) past perfect में बदल जाएगा (Subject+had+v3+object)।
  • उदाहरण: She said, “Gautam arrived on Sunday. (Direct)

                         She said that Gautam had arrived on Sunday.  (Indirect)

  • किसी भी Conjuction का उपयोग नहीं किया जाता है, यदि direct speech में एक वाक्य एक प्रश्न (what/where/when) से शुरू होता है क्योंकि "प्रश्न-शब्द" स्वयं एक joining clause के रूप में कार्य करता है।
  • Reporting verb जैसे 'said/said to', enquired, asked, demanded में परिवर्तन।
  • Direct speech को indirect speech में बदलते समय, वाक्यों में उपयोग किए जाने वाले modals बदल जाते हैं जैसे: can become could, may become might etc.
  • Direct speech में first person speech के subject के अनुसार बदलता है।
  • Direct speech का second person reporting speech के object के अनुसार बदलता है।
  • Direct speech का third person नहीं बदलता है।
  • दिए गए वाक्य में 'their' third person है इसलिए कोई परिवर्तन नहीं किया जाएगा।
  • अतः सभी नियमों को ध्यान में रखते हुए यह निष्कर्ष निकाला जा सकता है कि विकल्प 4 सही उत्तर है।

 

सही वाक्य: The sports coach asked the class prefect where the children had left their record books.

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