Question

Choose the correct representation of the sentence below without any change in meaning.

Beena said to her friend, "Were you busy last evening?"

1 Beena told her friend that she was busy last evening.
2 Beena asked her friend if she was busy the evening before.
3 Beena told her friend that she had been busy the previous evening.
4 Beena asked her friend if she had been busy the previous evening.

Answer 1

Answer:

4. Beena asked her friend if she had been busy the previous evening. — this is correct.

Answer 2

Answer:

Beena asked her friend if she had been busy the previous evening