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Question : Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence.

He said to his brother, "Where did you go for a picnic?"

Option 1: He asked his brother where he had gone for a picnic.

Option 2: He asked his brother where did you go for a picnic.

Option 3: He asked his brother where did he go for a picnic.

Option 4: He asked his brother where he went for a picnic.


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Correct Answer: He asked his brother where he had gone for a picnic.


Solution : The first option is the correct choice.

Narration Conversion:

  • Said is changed to asked in the reported speech.
  • When converting a question with a question word into a statement, linking words are not required, and thus, it is written directly as a statement with the appropriate tense form.
  • The second-person pronoun you is changed to the third-person pronoun he .
  • Did you go is changed to had you gone , as the simple past tense is changed to the past perfect tense in the reported speech.

Therefore, the correct sentence is: He asked his brother where he had gone for a picnic .

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