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Q1. [1]
Select the correct option to complete the reporting of the dialogues given below : Mother : Why aren't you playing with your friends ? Rayan : I am not feeling well today. Mother asked Rayan ________. Rayan replied that he was not feeling well that day.
  1. (A) whether he was not playing with his friends.
  2. (B) that he was not playing with his friends.
  3. (C) why wasn't he playing with his friends.
  4. (D) why he wasn't playing with his friends.
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Model Answer

The correct option is (D) why he wasn't playing with his friends.

(Indirect Wh-questions use reporting verb + question word + subject + verb order, without inversion.)

Explanation

For reporting a Wh-question, the structure is: asked + question word + subject + verb (no inversion, no auxiliary before subject). Option (A) uses "whether" (wrong — that's for yes/no questions). Option (B) uses "that" (incorrect connector for a Wh-question). Option (C) keeps the inverted word order ("wasn't he") which is wrong in reported speech. Option (D) correctly follows the indirect question structure.

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