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Question

NIMCET 2014 — English PYQ

NIMCET | English | 2014

From the given alternatives, chosen the one which best express the given sentence in
indirect/direct speech.

The boy said, 'Who dare call you a thief?'

Choose the correct answer:

Explanation

Let's look at the steps to change the sentence from direct to indirect speech:
When the direct speech is in the interrogative form, we follow the steps given below:
Change the sentence in the direct speech from interrogative to assertive.
The tense of reported speech is changed only when the reporting verb is in the past tense.
The reporting verb said is converted into enquired.
The present simple tense (are planning) in direct speech changes to the past simple in indirect as:
Subject + V2 + Object.
Therefore, the verb 'dare' becomes 'dared'.
The personal pronouns will be changed according to the subject and object of the reporting
verb.
Here, 'you' will be converted into 'him' as per the subject i.e. The boy.
At last, line up the remaining part.
Following these steps, we finally get - The boy enquired who dared call him a thief.