Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech.The chef asked his assistant where he had stored the spices.
- AThe chef said to his assistant, "Where you have stored the spices?"
- BThe chef said to his assistant, "Where did you store the spices?"
- CThe chef said to his assistant, "Where had he store the spices?"
- DThe chef said to his assistant, "Where do you store the spices?"
Solution & Step-by-step Explanation
To change from indirect to direct speech:Reporting Verb: "asked his assistant" changes back to "said to his assistant".Tense change: The past perfect tense "had stored" in indirect speech typically corresponds to the simple past tense ("did you store") in direct interrogative speech.Pronoun change: The third-person pronoun "he" shifts back to the second-person pronoun "you" to address the assistant directly.Sentence structure: An interrogative sentence in direct speech takes the form: Wh-word + auxiliary verb + subject + main verb. Hence, "Where did you store the spices?".This matches Option B perfectly.