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Sentence improvement: convert the indirect question to the correct past form Original sentence: "What happens to all those travellers on the ship was not known?" Select the option that forms a correct content clause.

Difficulty: Easy

Correct Answer: What happened to

Explanation:


Given data

  • Matrix clause: "… was not known."
  • Embedded wh- clause should be a statement, not a direct question.


Concept/Approach
In indirect questions/content clauses, we use normal statement word order and match the time frame: with "was not known", we need past reference: "What happened to … was not known." Also, no question mark is needed for the overall declarative sentence.


Option analysis
What happened to — correct preposition "to" with "happen" and correct tense/order. ✅What happened of — wrong preposition; not idiomatic.What happened in — wrong preposition.What is that happens to — present tense; unnecessary "that".


Final Answer
What happened to all those travellers … was not known.

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