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Read the dialogue between Anjali and her friend, Ria, regarding her birthday party.
Ria: What are you planning to do for your birthday?
Anjali: Oh, I have booked a table at a fancy restaurant. I want to celebrate it in style.
Select the correct option to complete the reporting of the above dialogue.
Ria asked Anjali _________________________________ for her birthday.
Anjali replied that she had booked a table at a fancy restaurant. She said that she wanted to celebrate it in style.
A. what did she plan to do
B. what she planned to do
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C. to plan what to do
D. with her plan to do
Answer as written by the student:
The correct answer is B. what she planned to do
Ria asked Anjali what she planned to do for her birthday.
Step-by-step explanation of the answer:
To report a dialogue, you have to change it into a sentence that tells what each person said. A reported dialogue usually does not use quotation marks , but uses reporting verbs like “said”, “asked”, “replied”, etc. 🗣️
To report a dialogue, you also have to make some changes according to the context and the tense. For example, you may have to change the pronouns, the verb forms, the time expressions, and the punctuation.
Let’s see why each option is correct or incorrect: 🕵️♂️
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A. what did she plan to do
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- This option is incorrect because it uses the wrong word order and tense for a reported question. A reported question should have the same word order as a statement, not a question. Also, a reported question should use the past tense, not the present tense, if the reporting verb is in the past tense.
- The correct word order and tense for this option would be: what she planned to do.
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B. what she planned to do
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- This option is correct because it uses the right word order and tense for a reported question. A reported question should have the same word order as a statement, not a question. Also, a reported question should use the past tense, not the present tense, if the reporting verb is in the past tense.
- This option matches the word order and tense of the original question: What are you planning to do?
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C. to plan what to do
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- This option is incorrect because it does not make sense as a reported question. A reported question should start with a question word like who, what, where, when, why, or how. Also, this option does not match the meaning of the original question.
- The correct way to start this option would be: what to plan to do.
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D. with her plan to do
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- This option is incorrect because it does not make sense as a reported question either. A reported question should start with a question word like who, what, where, when, why, or how. Also, this option does not match the meaning of the original question.
- The correct way to start this option would be: what her plan was to do.
Therefore, the correct option to complete the reported dialogue is B. what she planned to do. ✅
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