He said, "Where are you going "?The correct indirect speech of the givensentence is:
Correct answer: B. He enquired where we were going
- A. He enquired where were we going.
- B. He enquired where we were going
- C. He suggested as if we were going
- D. He told where were we going
Explanation
"He enquired where were we going." This option is incorrect because it does not maintain the correct order of the reported speech. In indirect speech, the tense of the reporting verb (in this case, "said") is usually shifted back one tense, and the word order is changed. Therefore, "where were we going" should be changed to "where we were going."
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