Question

Change the following statement into indirect speech.

My father said to me, "What have you done with all the money I gave you?"

• A. My father told me what I had done with all the money I gave you.
• B. My father asked me what I had done with all the money I gave you.
• C. My father asked me what I had done with all the money he had given me.
• D. My father told me what I had done with all the money that he had given me.

Answer 1

The correct option is C My father asked me what I had done with all the money he had given me.

The two ways of relating what a person has said are 1)direct and 2)indirect (reported).

In the direct speech, the exact words of the original speaker are repeated.

In the indirect speech (reported speech), the exact meaning of what the speaker told is expressed but not necessarily in the speaker’s exact words.

Option C is correct as the appropriate introductory verb 'asked' is used and 'had given' is used because the given question is in the simple present tense.

Options A,B, and D are wrong as 'told','I', and 'told' cannot be used respectively.

The correct answer is C)My father asked me what I had done with all the money he had given me.