- (A) I asked him why had he been working so hard
- (B) I asked him why he was working so hard
- (C) I asked him why was he working so hard
- (D) I asked him why he had been working so hard
(B) I asked him why he turned into running so tough.
In oblique narration, the stressful of the pronounced speech is typically shifted lower back. Since "are" in the direct speech turns into "were" within the oblique speech, alternative (B) correctly displays this alteration in disturbing. Additionally, the phrase order is maintained, with the challenge ("he") preceding the verb ("turned into").
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