My friend asked me what _ for me in that critical situation.
Correct answer: D. She would
- A. Could she
- B. Would she
- C. She could
- D. She would
Explanation
"My friend asked me what she would do for me in that critical situation."This option is correct because it forms a grammatically correct question in indirect speech. "What she would do for me" is a correct and complete sentence.
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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.
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