Question : Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
Mahesh said to Priya,“How will you pay off your debts?”
Option 1: Mahesh asked Priya how she would pay off your debts.
Option 2: Mahesh asked Priya how will she pay off her debts.
Option 3: Mahesh asked Priya how she would pay off her debts.
Option 4: Mahesh asked Priya that how you will pay off your debts.
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Correct Answer: Mahesh asked Priya how she would pay off her debts.
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
The steps of conversion are as follows:
- The reporting verb "said" is changed to "asked" because the given sentence is an interrogative sentence.
- "How" will be used as a conjunction because we know that in an interrogative sentence with a question word, that word itself becomes the conjunction.
- "Will" is changed to its past form, "would".
- The second-person pronouns "you" and "your" are changed to the third-person pronouns "she" and "her", respectively.
So, the correct sentence would be: "Mahesh asked Priya how she would pay off her debts."
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