Select the option that best expresses the sentence in Indirect Speech.
The father said to his son, "Why were you crying yesterday?"
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) - The father asked his son why he had been crying the previous day.
- The reporting verb "said" changes to "asked" because it's a question.
- The question word "why" remains the same in indirect speech.
- The tense changes from past continuous ("were crying") to past perfect continuous ("had been crying") in indirect speech.
- "Yesterday" changes to "the previous day."
- The pronoun "you" changes to "he" to reflect the son.