Question 81

In the following question, 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.
Gokul said to Sumit, "Why did not you attend the meeting yesterday?"

Solution

'Yesterday' should be changed to 'the day before'. The given sentence is in the simple past tense. Therefore, the reported speech must be in the past perfect tense. Only option C satisfies these 2 conditions and hence, option C is the right answer.

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In the following question, 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.
Gokul said to Sumit, "Why did not you attend the meeting yesterday?"