Question : Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
"Aren't you afraid of travelling alone in a foreign country?" I asked Aditi.
Option 1: I asked Aditi whether you are afraid of travelling alone in a foreign country.
Option 2: I asked Aditi if she wasn't afraid of travelling alone in a foreign country.
Option 3: I asked Aditi if you aren't afraid of travelling alone in a foreign country.
Option 4: I asked Aditi whether she was afraid of travelling alone in a foreign country.
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Correct Answer: I asked Aditi if she wasn't afraid of travelling alone in a foreign country.
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
Indirect speech, also known as reported speech or indirect discourse, is a way of reporting what someone else has said without quoting their exact words.
Narration conversion:
- Change the reporting verb from "said" to "asked".
- In yes-or-no questions, the connector "if/whether" is used to introduce the reported clause in order to convert the questions into statements.
- Introduce the reporting clause with "if".
- Change the second-person pronoun "you" to the third-person pronoun "she" to match the perspective of Aditi in the reported speech.
- Change the demonstrative pronoun "this" to "that" to indicate the shift in time and place.
Therefore, the correct answer is: I asked Aditi if she wasn't afraid of travelling alone in a foreign country.
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