Question

Prateek asked Sahil, “Will you help me in my work just now?”
a) Prateek asked Sahil if he would help him in his work just then.
b) Prateek questioned to Sahil that will you help me in my work just now.
c) Prateek told Sahil whether he will help him in his work just now.

d) Prateek asked to Sahil that will he help him in his work just now.

iii) Asim told me that he had been writing a letter the day before.
a) Asim said, “I will write a letter today.”
b) Asim said, “I will write a letter tomorrow.”
c) Asim said, “ I was writing a letter yesterday.”
d) Asim said, “ I had been writing a letter yesterday.”

Answer 1

Answer:

II) Option "a" is the right answer.

a) Pradeep asked Sahil if he would help him in his work just then.

III) Option "d" is the right answer.

d)Asim said,"I had been writing a letter yesterday"

Answer 2

Change into indirect speech.

Explanation:

1. Prateek asked Sahil, “Will you help me in my work just now?”

• The correct answer is "Prateek asked Sahil if he would help him in his work just then." (option a)

• According to the rule of changing direct speech to indirect speech,

• 'Will' is changed as 'would'

• 'you' is changed as 'him'

• 'now' is changed as 'then'

• 'my work' is changed as 'his work'

• Therefore, the sentence is Prateek asked Sahil if he would help him in his work just then.

2. Asim told me that he had been writing a letter the day before.

The correct answer is - Asim said, “ I was writing a letter yesterday.” (option c)

• The given sentence is in the past continuous tense.

• According to the rule of changing indirect speech to direct speech,

• 'Told me' is changed as 'said'

• 'had been writing' is changed as 'was writing'

• 'the day before' is changed as 'yesterday'

• Therefore, the sentence is - Asim said, “ I was writing a letter yesterday.”