Question

The Police officer asked the passenger, "Why don't you wear the mask properly?" The question can be correctly reported as 'The Police officer asked the passenger _________'

• A. why he don't wear the mask properly
• B. why he didn't wear the mask properly
• C. why he was not wearing the mask properly
• D. why he couldn't wear the mask properly

Answer 1

Answer:

B. why he didn't wear the mask properly

Correct sentence: The police officer asked the passenger why he was not wearing the mask properly.

• The direct speech contains a WH-question beginning with Why.

• In indirect speech, the question changes to statement word order: subject + verb, not verb + subject.

• The simple present form don't wear can change to the past continuous form was not wearing because the question refers to an action in progress at that time.

• The question mark is replaced by a full stop in the reported sentence.