Question

Convert the following to indirect speech:

Sam: Do you have to pay to park here?

• A. Sam asked that do you have to pay to park here.
• B. Sam asked if I had to pay to park there.
• C. Sam asked if do I have to pay to park there.
• D. Sam asked if I have to pay to park there.

Answer 1

The correct option is B Sam asked if I had to pay to park there.

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 B is correct as the sentence in the inverted commas is in the present perfect tense and the appropriate introductory verb 'asked' is used with the appropriate preposition 'if'.

Options A, C, and D are wrong as 'that', 'do' and 'have' cannot be used respectively.

The correct answer is B)Sam asked if I had to pay to park there.