Question Stimulus
Out of the given options, choose the one which is the correct indirect speech of the sentence given below.
The teacher said to the student, “Why were you absent yesterday.”

Options

A. The teacher asked the student why he had been absent the previous day
B. The teacher asked the student why he was absent the previous day.
C. The teacher asked the student why he has been absent the previous day.
D. The teacher asked the student why he had been absent yesterday.

Answer

A