Fill in the blank with a suitable option:
He asked "Have you read The old Man and the Sea, Ted?"
He wanted to know if ___________ The old Man and the Sea.
Fill in the blank with a suitable option:
He asked "Have you read The old Man and the Sea, Ted?"
He wanted to know if ___________ The old Man and the Sea.
The correct option is B Ted had read
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 when we convert the given direct question to indirect speech which doesn't start with a question word, then if/whether is used, the present perfect tense is changed to past perfect tense (had) and you is changed to Ted .
The other options are wrong as I, have, and has can't be used.
The correct answer is B)Ted had read
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 when we convert the given direct question to indirect speech which doesn't start with a question word, then if/whether is used, the present perfect tense is changed to past perfect tense (had) and you is changed to Ted .
The other options are wrong as I, have, and has can't be used.
The correct answer is B)Ted had read
