Fill in the blank with a suitable option:
They asked, "Is the work going to be easy?"
They wondered if ___________________.
Fill in the blank with a suitable option:
They asked, "Is the work going to be easy?"
They wondered if ___________________.
The correct option is D The work was going to be easy
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 D 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 continuous tense is changed to past continuous tense (was).
The other options are wrong as was work, is, and was easy can't be used.
The correct answer is D)The work was going to be easy
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 D 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 continuous tense is changed to past continuous tense (was).
The other options are wrong as was work, is, and was easy can't be used.
The correct answer is D)The work was going to be easy
