Question

Select the option containing the correct reported speech of the given sentence.
My son said to me, “Who was the first astronaut to land on the Moon?”

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• A. My son asked me who the first astronaut was to land on the Moon.
• B. My son told me who was the first astronaut to land on the Moon.
• C. My son asked me who the first astronaut to land on the Moon was.
• D. My son asked me who the first astronaut to land on the Moon had been.

Answer 1

The correct option is D My son asked me who the first astronaut to land on the Moon had been.

For “Wh-type” statements, no conjunction is required to join the reporting verb with the reported speech. The verb “said” is changed to “asked” with the omission of the comma and quotation marks because the reported speech is a question. The helping verb “was” is changed to “had been” according to the rules.