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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.


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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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