Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
"What are you talking about?" Dick asked me what ____________. [Intermediate]
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
"What are you talking about?" Dick asked me what ____________. [Intermediate]
The correct option is B I was talking about
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 (use of ? ), the present continuous tense is changed to past continuous tense (was talking) and you to I.
The other options are wrong as am I , he is and was he can't be used.
The correct answer is B)I was talking about
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 (use of ? ), the present continuous tense is changed to past continuous tense (was talking) and you to I.
The other options are wrong as am I , he is and was he can't be used.
The correct answer is B)I was talking about
