You said to me ,'Why were you absent ?'(make it indirect speech )
A You asked me why I had been absent .
B You told me why I had been absent .
C You asked me why had I been absent .
D You told me why had been absent .
Solution
Correct Answer: Option A
- প্রদত্ত বাক্যটি Interrogative Sentence-এর Direct Narration.
- Interrogative Sentence-কে Indirect করার নিয়ম: Subject + ask/asked + Object (যদি থাকে) + Interrogative Word (Wh-word) + Reported Speech-এর Subject + Verb + বাকি অংশ।
- Reporting verb 'said to'-এর পরিবর্তে 'asked' বসবে।
- Inverted comma উঠে গিয়ে প্রদত্ত Wh-word (Why) অপরিবর্তিত থাকবে।
- Reported Speech-এর Subject 'you' (Second Person), Object 'me' অনুযায়ী পরিবর্তন হয়ে 'I' হবে।
- Reported Speech-টি Past Indefinite Tense (were) এ থাকায়, তা পরিবর্তিত হয়ে Past Perfect Tense (had been) হবে।
- তাই সঠিক উত্তর: You asked me why I had been absent.