Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
Rahul said to his mother, "Can | go out and play now?"
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct indirect form of the given sentence is:
Rahul asked his mother if he could go out and play then.
The other options are incorrect:
- Rahul asked his mother if can he go out and play now. - This is incorrect because the modal verb "can" in the reported speech is in the present tense, but the reporting verb "said" is in the past tense.
- Rahul asked his mother that could he go out and play then. - This is incorrect because the word order in the reported speech is incorrect. The correct word order would be "could he go out and play then".
- Rahul asked to his mother could he go out and play now. - This is incorrect because the preposition "to" is unnecessary in this context.