Choose the correct indirect (reported) speech for: He said, “How do you solve this?”

Explanation

In reporting a wh-question, the question word ‘how’ connects the clause without needing ‘that,’ and the auxiliary ‘do’ is dropped as the sentence reverts to normal statement order. The verb ‘solve’ backshifts to the past tense ‘solved,’ and the word ‘this,’ referring to something close to the original speaker, changes to ‘that’ in the reported version. Explore more English MCQs on mcqstutor to keep practicing.