Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Direct/indirect

Question:

Identity the correct conversion of the following sentence in Direct Speech into Indirect Speech:

She said to me, "What are you doing"?

Options:

She said to me what I was doing.

She asked me what was I to do.

She asked me what I was doing.

She told me what I was doing.

Correct Answer:

She asked me what I was doing.

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (3) → She asked me what I was doing.

When a question is converted into Indirect Speech:

  • The reporting verb "said" is changed to "asked" (since it’s a question).
  • The sentence structure changes from interrogative to declarative (subject precedes the verb).
  • The question mark is omitted in Indirect Speech.
  • The tense of the verb changes as per the rules of sequence of tenses.