Question

Read the dialogue between Amit and his sister Ananya, regarding her travel to the railway station.
Amit: Are you sure you can manage to go to the railway station on your own?
Ananya: Oh yes! I have already booked a cab.
Select the correct option to report the above dialogue.
Amit asked Ananya ............ to go to the railway station on her own. Ananya replied in the affirmative and said that she had already booked a cab.

• A. if she is sure she can manage
• B. if she was sure she could manage
• C. if she surely can manage
• D. if she was sure to managing

Hint:

When converting dialogue to reported speech, change present to past, pronouns appropriately, and use “if” for yes/no questions.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

Amit's dialogue involves asking his sister, Ananya, a question about her certainty in reaching the railway station by herself. Ananya's response affirms her confidence and mentions that she has already booked a cab. When transforming this dialogue into reported speech, it's crucial to adjust the verbs to reflect the past tense since reported speech states what someone said at an earlier time. Below is the breakdown:

• The phrase "are you sure you can" is in the present tense and needs to be changed to past tense as "was sure she could."
• The word "manage" stays the same as it follows the secondary modal "could."

Therefore, the correct option to transform the dialogue into reported speech is: "Amit asked Ananya if she was sure she could manage to go to the railway station on her own. Ananya replied in the affirmative and said that she had already booked a cab."