Question

I found Ashok sad. When I (i) ................... standing with scooty, he (ii) . . .. . .. . . .. ..he was planning to learn scooty. I was surprised and made enquiry how he could learn driving that way. Immediately he silenced me by saying that (iii) ............ the first step of learning. He further added that in fact driving needs planning and practice.

(i) (a) said to him about why (b) asked him why he was
(c) explained why he was (d) told him about why

(ii) (a) questioned that (b) refused that (c) suggested that (d) replied that

(iii) (a) this was (b) this is (c) it has been (d) this may be​

Answer 1

I found Ashok sad. When I (b) asked him why he was standing with scooty, he (d) replied that he was planning to learn scooty. I was surprised and made enquiry how he could learn driving that way. Immediately he silenced me by saying that (a) this was the first step of learning. He further added that in fact driving needs planning and practice.

Step-by-step explanation:

In the given passage, the speeches are written in the reported speech. In other words, they are written in indirect speech, which means the words or speeches of the person(s) involved are given in an indirect way. So, this means they will be changed to the corresponding verb forms depending on how the sentences are presented.

So, for changing a direct to indirect speech, the verb changes depending on how they are used. So, for simple present, the reported speech will use simple past and so on.

Thus, the final sentence will become-

I found Ashok sad. When I asked him why he was standing with scooty, he replied that he was planning to learn scooty. I was surprised and made enquiry how he could learn driving that way. Immediately he silenced me by saying that this was the first step of learning. He further added that in fact driving needs planning and practice.