Choose the option to correctly change the following from direct to indirect speech.

"Are you free tomorrow?" She said to me.

She asked me if I was free the next day.

The correct answer is Option (3) - She asked me if I was free the next day.

• Changing a Question to Indirect Speech:

  • Since the direct speech is a yes/no question, it requires the use of "if" or "whether" in indirect speech.

• Tense Change:

  • The reporting verb ("asked") is in the past tense. Thus, the verb in the direct question, "are", changes to the past tense, "was".

• Time Reference Change:

  • The word "tomorrow" in direct speech changes to "the next day" in indirect speech.