Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech.

He asked me when I had booked the flight tickets. 

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  1. He said to me, “When did you book the flight tickets?”
  2. He said to me, “When are you booking the flight tickets?”
  3. He said to me, “When do you book the flight tickets?”
  4. He said to me, “When you had book the flight tickets?” 

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Option 1 : He said to me, “When did you book the flight tickets?”
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The correct answer is He said to me, “When did you book the flight tickets?”

Key Points

  • The given sentence is in Indirect Speech. As per the question we have to change it into Direct Speech. 
  • The process of transformation is as follows:
    • 'Asked' will be changed into 'said to' because the given question is an example of an interrogative sentence with a question word. 
    • Commas and inverted commas will be added. 
    • 'had booked' will be changed into 'did book'.
    • 'I' will be changed into 'you' because we know that in 'direct to indirect' transformation second-person pronouns are changed according to the object of the reporting verb.
    • Thus, the correct answer is Option 1.
       

​Correct Sentence: He said to me, “When did you book the flight tickets?”

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