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Bihar Police Constable Model Paper 1
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Question : 97
Total: 100
Directions: Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
The driver said to the passerby, “Do you know the way to the market?
The driver asked the passerby whether you know the way to the market.
The driver asked the passerby if he knows the way to the market.
The driver asked the passerby if he knew the way to the market.
The driver asked the passerby did he know the way to the market.
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Solution:
The given sentence is a direct speech.
The basic rules for changing or converting direct speech into indirect speech:
The commas, inverted commas, and the questions mark are removed.
'said to' is changed into 'asked' in an interrogative statement.
The second person 'you' will be changed into the third person 'he'.
The full stop (.) is used in place of the question mark (?).
The present simple tense format 'Subject + V1 (know) + Object' will be changed into the past simple tense format 'Subject + V2 (knew) + Object'.
From the following rules, we get the correct sentence as- option 3.
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