Choose the correct indirect narration of the following statement from the given alternatives: She said to Martin, "What is the matter with you that you look so cross today?"
She asked Martin what was the matter with him that he looked so cross that day.
We must report the wh-question 'What is the matter with you that you look so cross today?' in indirect speech.
A wh-question is reported with 'asked' plus the wh-word, and the interrogative order changes to normal statement order, so 'what is the matter' becomes 'what was the matter'.
Under backshift the present tense moves to the past: 'is' becomes 'was' and 'look' becomes 'looked'.
The pronoun 'you' changes to 'him' to match Martin, and the time word 'today' changes to 'that day' because the moment of reporting has passed.
Option one wrongly keeps 'today', option three fails to backshift 'looks', and option four wrongly keeps the present 'is'.
Option two makes all the changes, so the correct indirect narration is She asked Martin what was the matter with him that he looked so cross that day.
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