Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.

Shyam asked me how I had persuaded his sister.

Question

Question

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SSC CGL 2022 Tier-I Official Paper (Held On : 02 Dec 2022 Shift 1)

Answer 1

The correct answer is: "How did you persuade my sister?” Shyam asked me.

Key Points

The given sentence is an indirect speech and we need to convert it to a direct speech.
When we change an indirect speech to a direct speech, we must follow these rules:
- The reporting verb remains unchanged in the case of a question.
- The inverted commas ("...") are placed to show the indirect speech part.
- The comma (,) is added after the sentence covered in inverted commas in direct speech.
- The first word of the direct speech should be in capital letters.
- The past perfect "had + v3" changes to "did + v1" in the direct speech to form the simple past tense.
- The pronoun 'I' and 'his' changed to 'you' and 'my' respectively in the direct speech.
Thus, option 3 is the correct answer.

Hence, the direct speech is - "How did you persuade my sister?” Shyam asked me.