Question : Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
My neighbour said to me, “Hello! How are you?”
Option 1: My neighbour greeted me and asked how was I.
Option 2: My neighbour said hello and asked how are you.
Option 3: My neighbour greeted me and asked how I was.
Option 4: My neighbour said hello and asked how were I.
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Correct Answer: My neighbour greeted me and asked how I was.
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
The steps of conversion are as follows:
- The reporting verb "said" is changed to "greeted" because the sentence is an optative sentence.
- The present tense "are" is changed to the past tense "was".
- The second-person pronoun "you" is changed to the first-person pronoun "I".
- "And" conjunction will be added to make the sentence meaningful.
- "Asked" will be added, because the given sentence is also an interrogative sentence.
So, the correct sentence would be: "My neighbour greeted me and asked how I was."
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