Direct & Indirect Speech · Question 5 · Easy

Choose the correct indirect speech form of the sentence: He said to me, "Where do you live?"

  1. He asked me where did I live.
  2. He asked me where I lived.
  3. He asked me where do I live.
  4. He told me where I lived.
Answer and explanation

Answer: B. He asked me where I lived.

Explanation: A reported question uses 'asked', drops the question word order and the auxiliary 'do', and backshifts 'live' to 'lived'.

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