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Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.The boys asked the teacher if they were going to have a holiday the next day.

  1. A
    The boys asked the teacher, “Were they going to have a holiday the next day?”
  2. B
    The boys asked the teacher, “Are we going to have a holiday tomorrow?”
  3. C
    The boys asked the teacher, “Do we have a holiday tomorrow?”
  4. D
    The boys told the teacher, “We going to have a holiday tomorrow.”

Solution & Step-by-step Explanation

Changing from indirect to direct speech:'asked' remains a questioning verb or becomes part of reporting dialogue.'if they were going' changes back to a direct question structure: "Are we going...?"'the next day' changes back to "tomorrow".Therefore, option 'b' is the exact direct form representation.

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Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.The boys asked the teacher if they were going to have a holiday the next day.
A
The boys asked the teacher, “Were they going to have a holiday the next day?”
B
The boys asked the teacher, “Are we going to have a holiday tomorrow?”
C
The boys asked the teacher, “Do we have a holiday tomorrow?”
D
The boys told the teacher, “We going to have a holiday tomorrow.”

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