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Direct Speech Conversion

CMAT 2023 · Language Comprehension · Easy · Direct and Indirect Speech

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Identify the appropriate direct speech form of the following sentence: He greeted me and asked where I was going.

  1. He asks, "Hello, where are you going?"
  2. He asked, "Hello, where you are going?"
  3. He said, "Hello, where you are going.."
  4. He said, "Hello! Where are you going?"
  1. A.

    1

  2. B.

    2

  3. C.

    3

  4. D.

    4

Answer

D

Explanation

Option 4 correctly matches past reporting verb 'said' and proper interrogative word order 'Where are you going?' with exclamation for greeting.

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