Choose the correct indirect speech form of the following sentence.
He said, "Will you finish your task on time?"

Correct option is C

The correct indirect speech is: He asked me if I would finish my task on time.
Why:
· For yes/no questions, we use if/whether in indirect speech.
· Reporting verb said → asked (because it’s a question).
· Will → would (backshift of tense).
· Pronouns change: you → me, your → my.
· The interrogative form changes to statement order and no question mark.
Rules of conversion (detailed):
· Yes/No questions: ask + if/whether + clause.
· Backshift: will → would, shall → should/would (depending on usage), can → could, may → might (when the reporting verb is past).
· Pronoun and determiner shift according to the speaker/listener.
· Punctuation: replace ? with .
Why the given options are incorrect:
· (a) uses should and ends with ?. Should expresses obligation, not future-in-the-past here; also punctuation is wrong.
· (b) “ would have finished” (perfect) implies completion before the asking—wrong time relation.
· (d) wrongly changes my task to his task and keeps should.