Question

Rewrite the following as reported speech:

'Why don't you visit the museum after lunch?' I said to them.

• A. I told them why don't you visit the museum after lunch.
• B. I asked them why they didn't visit the museum after lunch.
• C. I asked them why don't you visit the museum after lunch.
• D. I said to them why they didn't visited the museum after lunch.

Answer 1

The correct option is B I asked them why they didn't visit the museum after lunch.

Indirect Speech is used to report something in our own words.

The given example is an example of Interrogative Questions. Indirect speech is formed by using 'ask' + question word + clause.

The clause will have the question, in normal word order and with the necessary tense change. In this case, the simple present tense is given in clause. It would be changed to simple past tense.

Indirect speech would be - I asked them why they didn't visit the museum after lunch.

Thus, option B is the correct answer according to the rules.