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    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech. Shilpa asked, “How are you doing today?”
    Question

    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
    Shilpa asked, “How are you doing today?”

    A.

    I was asked by Shilpa how I was doing the other day.

    B.

    Shilpa asked me how I was doing that day.

    C.

    Shilpa asked me how I am doing today.

    D.

    I was asked by Shilpa how I am doing that day.

    Correct option is B

    The correct indirect speech of the given sentence is "Shilpa asked me how I was doing that day."
    Rules for Conversion:
    · "How are you doing today?""How I was doing that day."
    · Pronoun Changes: "You" → "I" (since "me" is the object).
    · Tense Change: "Are doing" (present continuous) → "Was doing" (past continuous).
    · Time Change: "Today" → "That day."
    Correct Structure:
    · Direct: Shilpa asked, “How are you doing today?”
    · Indirect: Shilpa asked me how I was doing that day.
    Incorrect Options:
    · (a) I was asked by Shilpa how I was doing the other day. ("The other day" is incorrect.)
    · (c) How I am doing today. (Incorrect; no tense change.)
    · (d) How I am doing that day. (Incorrect; "am" should be "was.")
    Example:
    · She asked, “Where do you live?” → She asked me where I lived.
    · She asked, “Where do you live?” → She asked me where I live.

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