Select the most appropriate option to improve the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select No improvement.
I would have definitely helped you if you had told me why you did need the money.

Options

A. why did you need the money
B. why you needed the money
C. why you needs the money
D. No improvement

Answer

B

Explanation

why you did need the money should be replaced with why you needed the money. The sentence uses the form .did need., which is inappropriate here. The verb .did. is used before the verb in case of emphasis or question. Since the sentence does not show any such emphasis, so the correct verb form here is the simple past tense .needed..