Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Direct/indirect

Question:

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.

He said to me, "Do you own this beautiful car?"

Options:

He asked to me if you own that beautiful car.

He asked me did I own that beautiful car.

He asked me if I owned that beautiful car.

He asked me that if you owned this beautiful car.

Correct Answer:

He asked me if I owned that beautiful car.

Explanation:

The correct option is: He asked me if I owned that beautiful car.

The other options are incorrect because they do not follow these rules:

  • He asked to me if you own that beautiful car. - This sentence does not add the word "if" before the indirect speech question.
  • He asked me did I owned that beautiful car. - This sentence does not change the auxiliary verb "did" to the past tense.
  • He asked me that if you owned this beautiful car. - This sentence does not change the demonstrative pronoun "this" to "that".