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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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