Question

Report the sentence properly: "Have you met the Principal?" the teacher said to me.

• A. The teacher asked me, have I met the Principal
• B. The teacher asked me to meet the Principal
• C. The teacher asked me, if I have met the Principal
• D. The teacher asked me, whether I had met the Principal

Answer 1

Answer:

D. The teacher asked me, whether I had met the Principal

• In indirect speech, the question format is changed to a statement format and tenses are shifted back.
• "Have you met" becomes "whether I had met" in reported speech.
• The teacher asked me, have I met the Principal: Incorrect because it retains the direct question form (direct question form നിലനിർത്തിയതിനാൽ തെറ്റാണ്).
• The teacher asked me to meet the Principal: Incorrect because it changes the meaning (കാരണം അത് അർത്ഥം മാറ്റുന്നു).
• The teacher asked me, if I have met the Principal: Incorrect because it does not change the tense (ഇത് tense മാറ്റാത്തതിനാൽ തെറ്റാണ്)
• The teacher asked me, whether I had met the Principal: Correct because it properly changes the question to a reported statement with the correct tense.