Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.
"Did you sleep well?" I asked him.
I asked him if ______ well.

• A. he sleeps
• B. he slept
• C. he had slept
• D. you slept
• E. you did sleep

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

he had slept

When the direct speech is the simple past tense form, as a rule, its reported speech transformation should be in the past perfect tense. Hence option C is the correct answer.

Options A, B, D and E are incorrect because they are not in the past perfect tense.