Change the following into Indirect speech by choosing the appropriate option from below :
"What did you miss the most when you were in London?" Sheela asked Meeta.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
Original Sentence (Direct Speech): "What did you miss the most when you were in London?" Sheela asked Meeta.
Changes made in the indirect speech:
- The word "said" is replaced with "asked" because the sentence involves a question.
- The pronoun "you" is changed to "she" to match the subject of the reported speech (Meeta).
- "did" becomes "had" to maintain the past tense in reported speech.
- "were" becomes "had been" to maintain the past perfect tense in reported speech.
- The word order in the question changes to a declarative statement.
So, the indirect speech becomes: "Sheela asked Meeta what she had missed the most when she had been in London."