Question

Change the following statement into indirect speech.

Ramesh said to him, "How do you do?"

• A. Ramesh told him how did you do.
• B. Ramesh asked him how he was.
• C. Ramesh asked him how you were.
• D. Ramesh asked him how I was.

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Ramesh asked him how he was.

Indirect Speech is used to report something in our own words.

The given example is an example of Interrogative Questions. Indirect speech is formed by using 'ask' + question word + clause.

The clause will have the question, in normal word order and with the necessary tense change. In this case, the simple present tense is given in clause. It would be changed to simple past tense.

Indirect speech would be - Ramesh asked him how he was.

Thus, option B is the correct answer according to the rules.