He asked me _.
Correct answer: D. How I was.
- A. How are you?
- B. How was l?
- C. How you are?
- D. How I was.
Explanation
'How I was' is correct because in talking about something that happened in the past, past tense indicative is used i.e.( I was or he/she/it was).
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