Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
Hari said to the boy, "What's the matter? Why are you crying? Be cheerful."
Option 1: Harl asked the boy what the matter was and why he was crying. He asked him to be cheerful.
Option 2: Hari asks the boy what the matter was and why he was crying. He asks him to be cheerful.
Option 3: Hari asked the boy what the matter was and why he was crying. He asks him to be cheerful.
Option 4: Hari asked the boy what was the matter and he was crying. He asked him to be cheerful.
Correct Answer: Harl asked the boy what the matter was and why he was crying. He asked him to be cheerful.
Solution : The correct choice is the first option .
Narration Conversion:
- The verb said is changed to asked, as an interrogative statement is being reported..
- The second-person pronoun you is changed to the third-person pronoun he to reflect the change from direct to indirect speech.
- The question statements "What's the matter?" and "Why are you crying?" are transformed into reported speech by turning them into indirect questions.
- Be cheerful remains unchanged in indirect speech.
Therefore, the indirect sentence would be: Harl asked the boy what the matter was and why he was crying. He asked him to be cheerful.
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