English Grammar - Narration
English Grammar - Narration
Choose the correct indirect speech.
The teacher said, "Who broke this chair?"
Options:
- The teacher asked who had broken that chair.
- The teacher asked who broke chair.
- The teacher asked who breaks chair.
- The teacher asked had broken chair.
Right Answer: The teacher asked who had broken that chair.
This is a WH-question beginning with "Who." In indirect speech, the question word is retained, but the sentence changes from interrogative to statement order. Since the reporting verb is in the past tense, the simple past verb "broke" changes to the past perfect form "had broken." The demonstrative adjective "this" also changes to "that." Therefore, the correct indirect speech is "The teacher asked who had broken that chair."This question is part of English Grammar - Narration, which has 35 practice questions with answers.
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