Question

Rewrite the following sentence in indirect speech-
Teacher said to Ravi,” What is your name?”
“Teacher asked Ravi _____.
a)What is his name
b)What his name is
c)What his name was
d)What was his name

Answer 1

Hint: Focus on these points while changing the direct speech into indirect speech-
● The quotations marks are replaced with ‘that’.
● We change the tenses of the verbs. (Usually in the past tense)
● Make sure to use the appropriate pronouns.
Complete step-by-step answer:
 Direct speech refers to the originally spoken words of a speaker in quotation marks, whereas Indirect speech involves the interpretation of the direct speech in past, therefore there is a change in the tense of the verbs.
The statement given in the question has an interrogative sentence. Interrogative sentences are used to ask a question. And whenever we change an interrogative sentence into indirect speech, we follow certain rules:
● We remove the quotation marks and use, ‘if’ or ‘whether’ to join the two parts of the sentence.
● We replace the Question mark (?) with a full stop.
Now, let’s examine the given options to find the correct answer:
a. What is his name- We never use the helping verb before the subject in an interrogative indirect sentence. Hence, it is an incorrect option.
b. What his name is- The tense used here is wrong. Hence, it is an incorrect option.
c. What his name was- The tense and the composition of the sentence is appropriate. Hence, it is the correct option.
d. What was his name- We never use the helping verb before the subject in an interrogative indirect sentence. Hence, it is an incorrect option.
The correct answer is Option ‘c’.
Note: In most interrogative sentences; We can replace said (reporting verb) with asked.