Question : Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.
We asked them who had called them.
Option 1: We said to them, “Who are calling you?”
Option 2: We said to them, “Who calls you?”
Option 3: We said to them, “Who has called him?”
Option 4: We said to them, “Who has called you?”
Correct Answer: We said to them, “Who has called you?”
Solution : The fourth option is the correct choice.
When transforming a question from direct to reported speech, it's important to maintain the correct tense and pronoun reference. The steps of conversion are as follows:
- The reporting verb "asked" is changed to "said" because the sentence is an interrogative sentence.
- The past perfect tense "had called" is changed to the present perfect tense "has called".
- The third-person pronoun "them" is changed to the second-person pronoun "you".
- The words of the speaker are enclosed in the inverted commas.
Therefore, the right answer is: We said to them , “ Who has called you? ”
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