Question of The Day26-04-2022

Choose the most appropriate option to change the narration (direct / indirect) of the given sentence.

Ritika said, “Will you entertain the idea of protesting against the minister?”

Answer

Correct Answer : a ) Ritika asked if he would entertain the idea of protesting against the minister.

Explanation :

The given sentence is in direct speech; we need to change it to indirect.

  • In case of interrogative sentences yes/no answer type, commas and inverted commas are replaced with if/whether.
  • Reporting verb (said to) is changed to asked/enquired.
  • Also, to change the interrogative to assertive/simple sentence,
  • Subject (he) + Verb (would) format is used in indirect speech
  • When object is missing, then ‘second person pronoun’ in reported speech (you) is changed to I/We/he/she/they etc. (i.e. first or third person)
  • So, ‘you’ changes to ‘he’ as per ‘Ritika’.
  • ‘Will’ changes to ‘would’.
  • Complement part (the idea of protesting against the minister) takes no change.

The indirect form is – ‘Ritika asked if he would entertain the idea of protesting against the minister.’

Hence, (a) is the correct answer.

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