Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.

She asked me why I had been smoking that day.

The correct answer is She said to me, “Why were you smoking today?”

Key Points

• The given sentence is in Indirect Speech. As per the question we have to change it to Direct Speech. 
• The process of transformation is as follows:
  • 'Asked' will be changed into 'said to' because the given question is an example of an interrogative sentence with a question word. 
  • Commas and inverted commas will be added. 
  • 'had been smoking' will be changed into 'were smoking'. Because in 'Indirect to Direct' transformation 'past perfect continuous' tense is changed into 'past continuous'.
  • 'I' will be changed into 'you' because in 'direct to indirect' transformation first-person pronoun is changed according to the subject of the reporting verb.
  • 'Why' will be used as a conjunction because we know that in an interrogative sentence with a question word, the question word itself is used as a conjunction.
  • Therefore, as per the points mentioned above, we find that the correct answer is Option 1. 
     

Correct Sentence: She said to me, “Why were you smoking today?”