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    Question

    Rewrite the sentence in Direct Speech. She asked

    her father why she should excuse her enemy.
    A She said to her father, ‘Why should I excuse my enemy?' Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B She said to her father, ‘Why should she excuse my enemy?' Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C She said to her father, ‘Why should I excuse her enemy?' Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D She said to her father, ‘Why should she excuse her enemy?' Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    told is used when two people are mentioned in the reporting speech told is converted to said in the direct speech. In the indirect speech of Wh-question “Wh” is followed by the subject and then verb but in the direct speech the verb follows the Wh question. she is converted to I. The verb should excuse here remains the same because it is a model verb in the present tense.

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