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Select the most appropriate direct form of the given sentence. Kavya asked her sister whether she needed her help in arranging their room.
Question

Select the most appropriate direct form of the given sentence.
Kavya asked her sister whether she needed her help in arranging their room.

A.

Kavya said to her sister, " Did she need her help in arranging their room?"

B.

Kavya said to her sister, " Do you need my help in arranging our room?"

C.

Kavya said to her sister, " Do you need my help in arranging their room?"

D.

Kavya said to her sister, " Whether you need her help in arranging our room?"

Correct option is B

The correct direct speech is (b).
Rules of conversion (Indirect ➜ Direct) in detail:
· Reporting verb “asked” for a yes/no question becomes “said to …, ‘Do/Did…?’” in direct form; the interrogative structure is restored.
· Connector “whether/if” used in indirect speech disappears in direct speech and is replaced by the auxiliary at the beginning ( Do/Does/Did).
· Pronoun changes are reversed appropriately: her sister → you; her help → my help; their room → our room (shared by speaker and addressee).
· Tense returns to the likely original present ( need) because the reported sentence is a general present-time question.
· Punctuation: Use quotation marks and a question mark within the quoted question.
Why others are incorrect:
· (a) Keeps third person “she… her” and the pronoun set from indirect speech— wrong in direct address.
· (c) Uses “their room” instead of “our room.”
· (d) Ungrammatical structure starting with “Whether” in a direct interrogative.

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