Choose the correct option to complete the sentence in indirect speech:
Uncle Ram said to Tom, "Do you know me?"
Uncle Ram asked Tom if ______.
Choose the correct option to complete the sentence in indirect speech:
Uncle Ram said to Tom, "Do you know me?"
Uncle Ram asked Tom if ______.
The correct option is A He knew him
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 A is correct as the given direct question doesn't start with a question word, so, if is used you is changed to he, me to him, and the present tense to past tense.
The other options are did, knows and you can't be used.
The correct answer is A)He knew him
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 A is correct as the given direct question doesn't start with a question word, so, if is used you is changed to he, me to him, and the present tense to past tense.
The other options are did, knows and you can't be used.
The correct answer is A)He knew him
