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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?”


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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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