Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Direct/indirect

Question:

Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

 

The teacher said to Ram, "Would you like to go on a trip to Kashmir?" Ram said, "Yes"

Options:

The teacher asked if Ram would like to go on a trip to Kashmir and Ram replied yes.

The teacher asked Ram if he would like to go on a trip to Kashmir and Ram replied yes.

The teacher asked Ram if he would have liked to go on a trip to Kashmir and Ram replied in the affirmative.

The teacher asked Ram if he would like to go on a trip to Kashmir and Ram replied in the affirmative.

Correct Answer:

The teacher asked Ram if he would like to go on a trip to Kashmir and Ram replied in the affirmative.

Explanation:

Answer-4

First reporting speech has interrogative sentence without question word, hence ‘if/whether’ is used as conjunction. No change in ‘would’.