Choose the correct option to complete the sentence in indirect speech:
The examiner said to Rohit, "Can you solve this sum?"
The examiner asked Rohit _____that sum.
Choose the correct option to complete the sentence in indirect speech:
The examiner said to Rohit, "Can you solve this sum?"
The examiner asked Rohit _____that sum.
The correct option is B If he could solve
The two ways of relating what a person has said are 1)direct and 2)indirect (reported speech).In direct speech, the original speaker's exact words are repeated. In indirect/reported speech, the exact meaning is expressed but not necessarily using the original speaker's exact words. Pronouns and possessive adjectives usually change from first or second person to the third person except when the speaker is reporting his own words. Sometimes a noun can be inserted to avoid doubt.
When we turn direct questions and exclamations into indirect speech, they are converted to affirmative statement .( ? and ! is not used).
Option B is correct as the given direct question doesn't start with a question word, so , if is used, and you is changed to he, and can to could.
The other options are wrong could he, you could, and can can't be used.
The correct answer is B)If he could solve
The two ways of relating what a person has said are 1)direct and 2)indirect (reported speech).In direct speech, the original speaker's exact words are repeated. In indirect/reported speech, the exact meaning is expressed but not necessarily using the original speaker's exact words. Pronouns and possessive adjectives usually change from first or second person to the third person except when the speaker is reporting his own words. Sometimes a noun can be inserted to avoid doubt.
When we turn direct questions and exclamations into indirect speech, they are converted to affirmative statement .( ? and ! is not used).
Option B is correct as the given direct question doesn't start with a question word, so , if is used, and you is changed to he, and can to could.
The other options are wrong could he, you could, and can can't be used.
The correct answer is B)If he could solve
