Question:
"Where did you lie yesterday"? he said to me(convert to indirect speech)
AHe asked me where I lied the previous day
BHe asked me where I lay the previous day
CHe asked me where I had lied the previous day
DHe asked me where I had lain the previous day
Answer:
D. He asked me where I had lain the previous day
Explanation:
- "Lie" (present tense: lie, past tense: lay, past participle: lain) means to recline or rest in a horizontal position.
- "Lay" (present tense: lay, past tense: laid, past participle: laid) means to put or place something down in a horizontal position.
- In this sentence, "lain" is the past participle form of "lie," and "had" is used to indicate the past perfect tense.
- Since the original question uses "lie" in the past tense ("Where did you lie yesterday?"), we need to change it to the past perfect tense in the reported speech.
- The past perfect tense of "lie" is "lain." So, "lie" becomes "lain" in reported speech, and we add "had" before it to form the past perfect tense