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Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech.
Joey said to the girl, “How are you doing?”

Option 1: Joey asked the girl if she was doing fine.

Option 2: Joey asked the girl how was she doing.

Option 3: Joey asked the girl that how was she doing.

Option 4: Joey asked the girl how she was doing.


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Correct Answer: Joey asked the girl how she was doing.


Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option .

Narration conversion:

  • Said changes to asked.
  • The direct question ( How are you doing? ) changed to an indirect question ( How she was doing ).
  • The question mark becomes a period.

Person's Rule:

  • The first person is changed according to the subject of the reporting verb.
  • The second person is changed according to the object of the reporting verb.
  • Third person, no change.

So, the indirect statement would be: "Joey asked the girl how she was doing."

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