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Kiran asked me, "Did you see the Cricket match on television last night?"
Answer & Solution
Correct Answer:
Option
B
What is Direct and Indirect Speech?
Direct Speech is when we quote the exact words spoken by someone.
Indirect Speech is when we report what someone said without using their exact words.
Rules for Changing Direct to Indirect Speech (for questions):
1. Remove the quotation marks.
2. Change the question format into a statement format (no question word order).
3. Use reporting verbs like “asked” and connect using “if” or “whether” (for yes/no questions).
4. Change the tense of the verb — past simple changes to past perfect.
5. Change time words — “last night” becomes “the previous night” or “the earlier night”.
Original Sentence (Direct Speech):
Kiran asked me, "Did you see the Cricket match on television last night?"
Step-by-step Conversion:
1. Use “asked me whether” since it's a yes/no question.
2. “Did you see” becomes “I had seen” (past simple → past perfect).
3. “Last night” becomes “the earlier night” or “the previous night”.
Correct Sentence:
Kiran asked me whether I had seen the Cricket match on television the earlier night.
Correct Answer: Option B
Why other options are incorrect:
Option A: “I saw” — ❌ wrong tense, should be “had seen”.
Option C: “did I see” — ❌ keeps the question format, which is wrong in indirect speech.
Option D: Uses correct tense but ❌ “the last night” is wrong. It should be “the earlier night” or “the previous night”.
Final Answer: Option B – Kiran asked me whether I had seen the Cricket match on television the earlier night.
Direct Speech is when we quote the exact words spoken by someone.
Indirect Speech is when we report what someone said without using their exact words.
Rules for Changing Direct to Indirect Speech (for questions):
1. Remove the quotation marks.
2. Change the question format into a statement format (no question word order).
3. Use reporting verbs like “asked” and connect using “if” or “whether” (for yes/no questions).
4. Change the tense of the verb — past simple changes to past perfect.
5. Change time words — “last night” becomes “the previous night” or “the earlier night”.
Original Sentence (Direct Speech):
Kiran asked me, "Did you see the Cricket match on television last night?"
Step-by-step Conversion:
1. Use “asked me whether” since it's a yes/no question.
2. “Did you see” becomes “I had seen” (past simple → past perfect).
3. “Last night” becomes “the earlier night” or “the previous night”.
Correct Sentence:
Kiran asked me whether I had seen the Cricket match on television the earlier night.
Correct Answer: Option B
Why other options are incorrect:
Option A: “I saw” — ❌ wrong tense, should be “had seen”.
Option C: “did I see” — ❌ keeps the question format, which is wrong in indirect speech.
Option D: Uses correct tense but ❌ “the last night” is wrong. It should be “the earlier night” or “the previous night”.
Final Answer: Option B – Kiran asked me whether I had seen the Cricket match on television the earlier night.
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LoginThe correct answer should be:
Kiran asked me whether i (had seen)/saw the Cricket match on television last night.
Please note that i didn't use 'the" before 'last night' coz 'the' is not mentioned in the question before 'last night'.
Explanation : If an action took place at a point in time in the past (here 'last night') then it should be translated in past indefinite form. In past perfect a time frame or an another action is mentioned.
Correct answer must be (B), since neither of the above is given in answers.
Here both options are missing. So earlier night is better solution, because 'earlier' is similar to previous.
So option (B) is better
To change questions (which can be answered in yes or no) into indirect speech, word if or whether is used before the question in indirect speech. Rules for change in tense of question sentences are same as for change in normal tenses in indirect speech but sentence will not start with the auxiliary verb of the tense. The word that is not used between reporting verb and reported speech as conjunction in indirect speech for question sentence. Question mark is not used in indirect speech.
Examples:
Direct speech: He said to me, "do you like music?"
Indirect Speech: He asked me if I liked music. (Not, did I like music) Or
Indirect Speech: He asked me whether I liked music.
Direct speech: She said, "Will he participate in the quiz competition?"
Indirect Speech: She asked me if he would participate in quiz competition.
Direct speech: I said to him, "are you feeling well?"
Indirect Speech: I asked him if he was feeling well.
Direct speech: They said to me, "did u go to school?"
Indirect Speech: They asked me if I had gone to school.
Direct speech: He said to me, "Have you taken the breakfast?"
Indirect Speech: He asked me if I had taken the breakfast.