Question : Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence.
Rahul said to his mother, “When will you come back?”
Option 1: Rahul asked his mother when she would come back.
Option 2: Rahul told his mother to come back.
Option 3: Rahul asked his mother whether she was coming back.
Option 4: Rahul asked his mother when would you come back.
Correct Answer: Rahul asked his mother when she would come back.
Solution : The first option is the correct choice.
Narration Conversion:
- The verb said is changed to the reporting verb asked because it is an interrogative sentence.
- The first-person pronoun you is changed to the third-person pronoun she .
- The modal verb would is changed to will .
- The question word when is used to connect the main clause to the reported clause.
Therefore, the correct sentence is: Rahul asked his mother when she would come back.
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