A sentence is provided in direct speech. From the four given options, choose the one that most accurately conveys the sentence in its corresponding indirect speech. I said, "Why are you crying?"
I asked why he was crying.
When a direct question is reported, the reporting verb "said" changes to "asked," the question word "why" is retained, the word order shifts to statement form, and pronouns and tenses shift according to the reporting rules.
"I asked why he was crying" correctly changes "said" to "asked," converts "you" to "he" as per the narration context, shifts "are crying" to "was crying," and restores normal statement word order after "why."
"I said why are you crying" keeps the reporting verb and tense unchanged and retains question word order, "I told why you cried" wrongly uses "told" without a personal object and shifts to simple past incorrectly, and "I asked why he cried" wrongly uses simple past instead of past continuous, so none of these follow the narration rules correctly.
Hence, the answer is I asked why he was crying.
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