A sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech.
He said to her, "Is your name Anjali?"
- AHe asked her whether her name was Anjali.
- BHe inquire about her name being Anjali.
- CHe inquired to her, was not her name Anjali.
- DHe asked whether her name is not Anjali.
Solution & Step-by-step Explanation
Rules for converting an interrogative sentence starting with an auxiliary verb into Indirect Speech:
'said to' changes to 'asked'.
The conjunction 'whether' or 'if' is used to replace quotation marks.
The sentence structure changes from interrogative (verb+subject) to assertive (subject+verb).
Present tense 'is' changes to past tense 'was', and the second-person pronoun 'your' changes to 'her' (matching the object 'her').
Applying these rules, we get: "He asked her whether her name was Anjali."
'said to' changes to 'asked'.
The conjunction 'whether' or 'if' is used to replace quotation marks.
The sentence structure changes from interrogative (verb+subject) to assertive (subject+verb).
Present tense 'is' changes to past tense 'was', and the second-person pronoun 'your' changes to 'her' (matching the object 'her').
Applying these rules, we get: "He asked her whether her name was Anjali."