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Question : Directions: In the following question, choose the correct alternative which will improve the part of the sentence given in quotes.

Santhosh asked me where "was my pen".

  1. my pen was
  2. my pen are
  3. is my pen
  4. No Improvement

Option 1: 1

Option 2: 2

Option 3: 3

Option 4: 4


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Answer (1)
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Correct Answer: 1


Solution : The correct choice is the first option .

Explanation : The part of the sentence where was my pen should be replaced with where my pen was to convey the intended meaning that Santosh asked about the whereabouts of the speaker's pen. We need to convert the questions to statements in the reported speech. Hence, where my pen was conforms to the appropriate word order and the subject-verb agreement.

Therefore, the correct sentence should be: "Santhosh asked me where my pen was. "

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