Question

Ram said to Sita," when will you return my pen?" change in assertive sentence​

Answer 1

Answer:

When a sentence is changed from direct to indirect speech, the subject pronoun, verbs and tense forms also change. (This is because the speech is reported by someone else, and the tense of the direct speech goes one tense back as it's spoken at a later time now.) The meaning of the sentence should not be changed.

An interrogative sentence, when changed to reported speech, does not function as an interrogative anymore. It turns into a declarative sentence.

So, the word order of an interrogative changes to that of an assertive/declaratory sentence.

Option B: This sentence is the correct narration of the direct speech, as 'said to' has changed to 'asked' (to keep the meaning of the sentence intact). The question form 'may I' is changed to the declarative form 'if he might'. 'Might' is the past tense form of 'may' in reported speech. 'Today' is changed to 'that day'. Hence B is correct.

Option A is incorrect because the modal verb 'may' has not been changed to 'might'.

Option C is incorrect because the question form 'may he' has not been changed according to its declarative form 'he might'.

Option D is incorrect because the answer lies only in B.

'If' is added in reported speech, as it refers to permission. It isn't required in direct speech as the meaning is made clear by 'may'.

Answer 2

Ram asked Sita when she would return his pen.