Instructions

In each of the following questions, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech

Question 108

She said to him, “Why don’t you go today?”

Solution

direct speech - today, indirect speech - that day
Therefore, options A and C eliminated. 
As the sentence is in simple present tense, in indirect speech it should be in simple past tense. The sentence in option B is in past continuous tense. Therefore, the correct sentence is 'She asked him why he did not go that day.'
The answer is option D.


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