Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Direct/indirect

Question:

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech.

She said to me," What time is your flight tomorrow?"

Options:

She asked me what time is my flight the next day.

She asked me that what time was my flight tomorrow.

She asked me what time my flight was the following day.

She asked me what time my flight will be the next day.

Correct Answer:

She asked me what time my flight was the following day.

Explanation:

The most appropriate option to express the given sentence in reported speech is:

She asked me what time my flight was the following day.

The other options are incorrect:

  • She asked me what time is my flight the next day. - This is incorrect because the verb "is" in the reported speech is in the present tense, but the reporting verb "said" is in the past tense.
  • She asked me that what time was my flight tomorrow. - This is incorrect because the word order in the reported speech is incorrect. The correct word order would be "what time my flight was tomorrow".
  • She asked me what time my flight will be the next day. - This is incorrect because the verb "will be" in the reported speech is in the future tense, but the reporting verb "said" is in the past tense.