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Choose the correct indirect speech: You said to him, "Why did you call me names yesterday?"

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Choose the correct indirect speech: You said to him, "Why did you call me names yesterday?" Answer: You asked him why he had called you names the previous day.

This sentence is a past interrogative. In indirect speech: “Did” changes to had (past perfect). “Me” changes to you (as per pronoun shift). “Yesterday” becomes the day before (time change in reported speech). The question becomes a statement format without a question mark.

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This question is part of 🗣️ Verbal Ability within the broader 🧠 Aptitude Mastery subject and appears in the ETEA Educational Testing and Evaluation Agency preparation collection. Reviewing the answer together with nearby questions helps reinforce the underlying concept and identify how it may appear in competitive exams.