Reported Speech Conversion Practice

Change the following direct speech sentence into reported speech:

The teacher said to Lila, 'Did you break the window pane?'

Options:

A) The teacher asked Lila if she had broken the window pane.

B) The teacher inquired Lila, "Did you break the window pane?"

C) The teacher said to Lila if she broke the window pane.

D) The teacher questioned Lila, "Have you broken the window pane?"

Final answer: The number A) 'The teacher asked Lila if she had broken the window pane' is the correct conversion of the direct speech into reported speech as it accurately reports the original message and uses the correct past perfect tense.

Explanation: The direct speech in the sentence: 'The teacher said to Lila, 'Did you break the window pane?'' can be changed into reported (or indirect) speech to become: 'The teacher asked Lila if she had broken the window pane'. In this transformation, it's important to note that the person who made the original statement ('The teacher') becomes the subject of the indirect speech. The actual speech changes from a question in present tense ('Did you break') to a statement in past perfect tense ('if she had broken'). Comparatively, the other options either remain in direct speech with quoted text or they use incorrect tense or structure for reported speech.