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Why-question: Convert direct question with "today" to correct indirect narration Direct sentence: She said to him, "Why don't you go today?" Backshift tenses, change deictic "today" to "that day", and keep interrogative structure without inversion. Choose the correct reported speech.

Difficulty: Easy

Correct Answer: She asked him why he did not go that day.

Explanation:


Method
(1) Reporting verb: "asked". (2) Backshift: "don't" → "did not". (3) Time word: "today" → "that day". (4) Word order: subject before verb in reported question.


Option analysis
(A) correctly implements all four points. ✅(B) Keeps present and wrong word order.(C) Changes a question into a negative command.(D) Fails to change "today" to "that day".


Final Answer
She asked him why he did not go that day.

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