Choose the right option to complete the indirect narration of the direct speech given in quotation marks: "Why is he crying?" Ahmad wants to know ______
Q1. Choose the right option to complete the indirect narration of the direct speech given in quotation marks: "Why is he crying?" Ahmad wants to know ______
Answer: why he was crying.
Explanation: The blank is correctly filled with 'why he was crying.' because this is the standard preposition or word choice in formal English for this construction.