Question

the teacher asked the boys whether they _____the problems
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Answer 1

Ques: 2. The teacher asked the boys whether they ------------------ the problems.

a) solve

b) have solved

c) had solved

Answer:

The complete sentence is: The teacher asked the boys whether they had solved the problems.

The correct answer is option c) had solved.

Explanation:

This is an indirect speech sentence. When we use reported or indirect speech to communicate about the past, we often change the tenses of our words. We use reporting verbs which are "say," "tell," and "ask," and we can initial the reported words with the word "that." There are no inverted commas in the indirect speech sentence. "had solved" in an exact answer to the given sentence.

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Answer 2

Note : The correct question must be provided with the following options-

The teacher asked the boys whether they ------------------ the problems.

a) solve

b) have solved

c) had solved

1. The given statement is an example of an indirect speech sentence.
2. We frequently change the tenses of our words when communicating about the past using reported or indirect speech.
3. We use the reporting verbs "say," "tell," and "ask," and we can begin the reported words with "that."
4. The indirect speech sentence contains no inverted commas.
5. "had solved" is a direct response to the given sentence.
6. Thus, the correct sentence is-

The teacher asked the boys whether they had solved the problems.

Hence, option (c) is correct.

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