English Narration Narration Change Assertive and Interrogative sentence Question #7366 (CAT-I)

Choose the correct indirect speech: The teacher said to the students, "Have you completed your assignments?"

A The teacher asked the students if they had completed their assignments.

B The teacher told the students that they completed their assignments.

C The teacher inquired the students whether they have completed their assignments.

D The teacher asked the students that had they completed their assignments.

Correct Answer & Explanation

Option A

• For an interrogative sentence, 'said to' changes to 'asked'. • As it's a 'Yes/No' question, 'if' or 'whether' is used as a connector. • The tense 'Present Perfect' ('Have you completed') changes to 'Past Perfect' ('they had completed'). • The pronoun 'you' changes to 'they' (referring to the students) and 'your' changes to 'their'.

Choose the correct indirect speech: The teacher said to the students, "Have you completed your assignments?"

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