Select the correct direct form of the given sentence. My neighbour enquired how my father was. (a) My neighbour asked, "What about your father's welfare?" (b) My neighbour enquired, "How is your father?" (c) My neighbour asked, "How my father was?" (d) My neighbour enquired, "How is my father?"

Options

A. My neighbour asked, "What about your father's welfare?"
B. My neighbour enquired, "How is your father?"
C. My neighbour asked, "How my father was?"
D. My neighbour enquired, "How is my father?"

Answer

B

Explanation

My neighbour enquired, “How is your father?" (Correct)
(a) My neighbour asked, "`ul("What about your father.s welfare?")`"( Meaning changed)
(c ) My neighbour asked, " How my father was?" (Change of reported speech to simple past is incorrect.)
(d) My neighbour enquired, "How is `ul("my")` father?" ("my" in the reported speech is incorrect pronoun.)