Identity the correct conversion of the following sentence in Direct Speech into Indirect Speech:
She said to me, "What are you doing"?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
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.