NDA 2025 · PYQ · Direct and Indirect Speech · medium
Convert from indirect speech to direct speech: The teacher asked her students why they had been quiet in the previous class.
A.The teacher asked her students, "Why were they keeping quiet in the previous class?"
B.The teacher said to her students, "Why were you quiet in the previous class?"✓ Correct
C.The teacher said to her students, "Why had you been quiet in the previous class?"
D.The teacher said to her students, "Why were you quiet in previous class?"
Explanation
When converting from indirect to direct speech, the past perfect tense ('had been quiet') becomes past tense ('were quiet'), and the pronoun 'they' becomes 'you' (since the teacher is addressing the students directly). The reporting verb 'asked' changes to 'said to'. Option (b) correctly applies these transformations with proper article usage ('the previous class').
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