Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
“What are you going to call the puppy, Jane?” the boy asked.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct indirect form of the given sentence is:
The boy asked Jane what she was going to call the puppy.
The other options are incorrect:
- The boy wondered what Jane were going to call the puppy. - This is incorrect because the verb "wondered" suggests that the boy was unsure of what Jane would name the puppy, but the original sentence is a question.
- The boy told Jane what she was going to call her puppy. - This is incorrect because the verb "told" suggests that the boy was informing Jane of her decision, but the original sentence is a question.
- Jane asked the boy what is he going to call the puppy. - This is incorrect because the pronoun "he" in the reported speech refers to the boy, but the original sentence is about what Jane will name the puppy.