Anum asked me, "Did you see the drama on television last night?" Choose the correct indirect speech:
Correct answer: B. Anum asked me whether I had seen the drama on television the earlier night.
- A. Anum asked me whether I saw the drama on television the earlier night.
- B. Anum asked me whether I had seen the drama on television the earlier night.
- C. Anum asked me did I see the drama on television the last night.
- D. Anum asked me whether I had seen the drama on television the last night.
Explanation
Interrogative sentences beginning with an auxiliary verb are changed into indirect speech using the connective if or whether. The reporting verb said (or any other word used as the reporting verb) changes to asked, queried, questioned, demanded of, or enquired of in the indirect speech. Note that of is used after enquired and demanded only when the reporting verb has an object. So B will be the correct option.
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