Question

Choose the correct indirect speech form of the given statement.
The teacher said to Ria, "Did you go to the zoo yesterday?"

• A. The teacher asked Ria if she went to the zoo the previous day
• B. The teacher asked Ria about her going to the zoo
• C. The teacher asked Ria whether she had gone to the zoo the previous day
• D. None of these

Answer 1

The correct option is C The teacher asked Ria whether she had gone to the zoo the previous day

If the verb inside the inverted commas/quotation marks is in the present tense, change it into the corresponding past tense. If it is in the simple past tense, as is in the question, we change it into the past perfect tense. In accordance with this rule, option C is the correct answer.

Option A is incorrect because the verb in the quotation is changed to simple past tense and not past perfect.

Option B is incorrect because it has omitted the 'yesterday' part when converted into indirect speech. Another important thing to remember while converting direct or indirect speech is never to omit any part given in the original sentence.

Option D is incorrect because we have already chosen the correct answer.