Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
Radha said, “Why didn’t he forward his petition to me?”
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct indirect form of the given sentence is:
Radha enquired why he had not forwarded his petition to her.
The other options are incorrect because they do not follow these rules:
- Radha enquired why he has not forwarded his petition to her. - This sentence does not change the present tense to the past tense for the auxiliary verb "has."
- Radha enquired why had he not forwarded his petition to her. - This sentence has an unnecessary "had" before the auxiliary verb "not."
- Radha enquired why he had not forward his petition to her. - This sentence does not change the infinitive "to forward" to the past participle "forwarded."