Choose the correct reported form: Mona asked, "Where do you live?"
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. Mona asked where I lived.
- Step 1: In reported speech, tenses move back one step and pronouns and time words change to match the new point of view.
- Step 2: Only "Mona asked where I lived." applies these changes correctly.
Answer
Mona asked where I lived.
Why not the others: The other versions keep the wrong tense, pronoun or word order.
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