Question

17. Identify the indirect speech.
He said to me, "What time do the offices close?”
(a) He wanted to know what time the offices close
(b) He asked me what time did the offices close
(C) He asked me what time the offices closed
(d) He asked me what time the offices did close​

Answer 1

Answer:

answer is c: he asked me what time the offices closed.

Answer 2

He asked me what time the offices closed.

In the given direct sentence there is a question mark(?) at the end. So, the person is 'asking' for the information. Asking is a casual thing it is not a request or order. So, the indirect speech sentence will be normal without any pleasing words.

Since, the action of asking the information has already completed. So, when a second person is saying this conversation to a third person, he uses 'closed' due to action completed in past.

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