He asked me _.
Correct answer: D. How I was
- A. How are you
- B. How was I
- C. How you are
- D. How I was
Explanation
The key to solving these questions is to read this sentence in your head while filling each option in the blank. The confusion here is between Options A and D. 'how I was' fits here well and how are you would have been used if this was being written as direct speech in quotation marks.
This question appeared on the NUMS 2017 paper, which you can sit online with every answer explained.
Report an error
The more specific you are, the faster it gets fixed. A source beats an opinion.
Prefer email? [email protected]
About Direct and Indirect Speech
Direct speech gives a speaker’s exact words, whereas indirect speech reports the meaning without quotation marks. Questions cover reporting verbs, pronoun changes, tense backshift, time and place expressions, punctuation, and the transformation of questions, commands and requests, including cases where backshift is not required.
Practise Grammar
6,178 free Grammar MCQs from English, each with the correct answer and an explanation. Unlimited attempts, no account needed.
Discussion
Stuck on an option, or know a faster way to get there? Ask or explain it here.
No comments yet. Be the first to explain this one.
Exams that ask English questions like this
English is on 133 papers prepared for on TestUstad, and all of them draw the same bank, so this question is worth knowing for every one of them.
More Direct and Indirect Speech questions
She asked me _.
He asked me _.
He said, "Where are you going "?The correct indirect speech of the givensentence is:
Consider the following sentence: He shouted, "Let me go". Which one of the following. stands for the "indirect speech" of the above sentence?
He said, "If I were you, I would protest." This can be indirectly reported as:
Remember to brush your teeth after dinner, "she said. The indirect form of the sentence is: