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A sentence is provided in direct speech. From the four given options, choose the one that most accurately conveys the sentence in its corresponding indirect speech. The teacher said, "Who can solve this question?"

1. The teacher asked who could solve that question.
2. The teacher asked who can solve that question.
3. The teacher said who could solve this question.
4. The teacher asked to solve that question.

Correct answer: The teacher asked who could solve that question.

Solution

The sentence is an interrogative in direct speech, so it changes to reported speech with 'asked'. The pronoun 'this' becomes 'that', and the modal 'can' changes to 'could'.

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