The following sentence contains an error. Find the part of the sentence which contains the error. My mother asked (1) / me (2) / whether I am (3) / going to do that (4).?

Option 1 : (3)

The correct answer is '(3)'.

• The error lies in the part (3) of the sentence.
• The given sentence is an example of indirect speech.
  • Indirect speech - We may report what the speaker said without quoting his exact words.
  • The basic rule for changing Direct speech into Indirect speech:
    • Exclude the comma and inverted commas.
    • While converting Direct speech into Indirect speech, all Present tenses of the Direct are changed into the corresponding Past tenses.
    • A present continuous becomes a past continuous..
  • Therefore, in the given sentence 'whether I am' will be replaced by 'whether I was' to make it grammatically correct.
• Thus, the correct sentence will be 'My mother asked me whether I was going to do that'.

Hence, the correct answer is option (1).