2020 · Q116
In this section two sentences are given and you are required to find the correct sentence which combines both the sentences.
"Where were you last evening?" said the lady to her maid.
Choose the correct indirect speech.
EnglishCorrelating Sentences
- AThe lady asked her maid where she had been the previous evening.
- BThe lady asked her maid where she had been in the last evening.
- CThe lady asked her maid where had she been the evening before.
- DThe lady told her maid where she had been to the last evening.
Explanation
'Where were you last evening?' becomes 'where she had been the previous evening' — option A (past to past perfect, 'last evening' to 'the previous evening'). B's 'in the last evening' is wrong, C keeps question word order, and D uses 'told' for a question.