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    Question

    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in

    indirect speech. The cop said to the thief, “How have you entered the secured area?”
    A The cop asked the thief how he had entered the secured area Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B The cop asked the thief how he has entered the secured area Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C The cop asked the thief how has he entered the secured area Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D The cop wanted to know how the thief enters the secured area Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Option (a) is the most appropriate one. Reported or indirect speech is usually used to talk about the past, so we normally change the tense of the words spoken. We use reporting verbs like 'say', 'tell', 'ask', and we may use the word 'that' to introduce the reported words.

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