Directions: Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.The lion asked the lioness, "Where will you hide yourself, until I return?”

The correct answer is The lion asked the lioness where she would hide herself, until he returned. The given sentence is a direct speech.The basic rules for changing or converting direct speech into indirect speech:​The COMMAS and inverted commas are removed and the 'question mark' is replaced by 'full stop'.The second-person pronoun 'you' should be replaced by the third-person pronoun 'she'.The first-person pronoun 'I' should be replaced by the third-person pronoun 'he'.The present simple tense format 'Subject + V1 (will) + Object' will be changed into the past simple tense format 'Subject + V2 (would) + Object'.The present simple tense format 'Subject + V1 (return) + Object' will be changed into the past simple tense format 'Subject + V2 (returned) + Object'.Hence, the correct answer is OPTION 1.The following table will ENABLE us to know how tense changes into Indirect speech:-Direct SpeechIndirect SpeechPresent simple (Subject +V1st + Object)Past simple (Subject +V2 + Object)Present continuous (Subject +is/am/are+V1 +ing+ Object)Past Continuous (Subject +was/were+V1 +ing+ Object)Present perfect (Subject + has/have+V3+Object)Past perfect (Subject+had+V3+Object)Past simple (Subject+V2+Object)Past perfect (Subject+had+V3+Object)Past Continuous (Subject +was/were+V1 +ing+ Object)Past perfect continuous (Subject +had been+V1 +ing+ Object)Future simple (Subject+ will/shall+V1+object)Present CONDITIONAL (Subject+ would+V1+object)Future Continuous (Subject +will/shall+be+V1 +ing+ Object)Conditional Continuous (Subject +would+be+V1 +ing+ Object)