Interrogative sentences direct to indirect speech

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 Direct to indirect speech 

Interrogative Sentences

There are two types of questions 

  • WH questions 
  • verbal questions.

While changing interrogative sentences from direct speech to indirect speech we have to 

Follow the following rules:

Reporting verb - ask is used 

  1. (enquire, question, demand, etc. can also be used.)
  2. Connective - if/ whether  is used for verbal questions.
  3. In questions introduced by WH question words (who, what, how, when, which, where, why, etc.), this word serves as a link (connective) between the reporting verb and the reported question. No other conjunction is used with them.
  4. For reporting a question it is changed into a simple statement(assertive sentence). Show the question mark is dropped.
  5. Tenses, pronouns, possessive adjectives, possessive pronouns undergo the changes as per rule.
  6. You should not add change the meaning of all about any important part of the direct switch statement while converting it into the indirect.

Examples:

"Do you know the way home?" asked Geeta.

Geeta asked if I (he/she) knew the way home.

Kiran said to me, " Which subject have you chosen?"

Kiran asked me which subject I had chosen.

Chitra asked Abhay, "Haven't you completed your homework ?"

Chitra asked away if he hadn't completed his homework.

 My mother said to me, "What are you doing here?"

My mother demanded of me what I was doing there.

EXERCISE

Convert the following direct speech interrogative sentences into indirect speech.

  1. Ramesh said to Ram, "Why did you go there?"
  2. 'How far is the nearest petrol pump?' said the stranger.
  3. "Shall we get our answer papers today?' the students asked the teacher.
  4. He said to Manoj, "Why don't you like coffee?"
  5. "Where have you kept my schoolbag?' asked the son to his mother.
  6. "Shall we go now?" the child said to his father.
  7. Mandira asked Tanya, 'Which author is your favourite?'
  8. "Does Jupiter have more than one moon?' asked the astronomer.
  9. The teacher asked, 'Why did you not bring your textbook today?'
  10. The father asked, 'When would you like to put up the play?"
  11. The Granny said, 'Have you said your prayers today, Madhavi?'
  12. 'Do you remember that the train will leave in one hour?' asked Father.
  13. "May I go now?" he asked.
  14. Rani said to me, "Can you see that red flower there?"
  15. 'Are you planning to attend all the lectures?' the professor asked.

Solutions

1. Ramesh said to Ram, "Why did you go there?"
Ans.
Ramesh ashram why he had gone there.

'2. How far is the nearest petrol pump?' said the stranger.
Ans.
The stranger inquired how far the nearest petrol pump was.

3. Shall we get our answerpapers today?' the students asked the teacher.
Ans.
The students asked the teacher if they would get their answer papers that day.

4. He said to Manoj, "Why don't you like coffee?"
Ans.
He asked Manoj bhai he didn't like coffee.

5. Where have you kept my school bag?' asked the son to his Mother.
Ans.
The son asked his mother where she had kept his school bag.

6. "Shall we go now?" the child said to his father.
Ans.
The child asked his father whether they would go now.

7. Mandira asked Tanya, 'Which author is your favourite?'
Ans.
Mandira asked Anya which author was her favourite.

8. "Does Jupiter have more than one moon?' asked the astronomer.
Ans.
The astronomer asked whether Jupiter had more than one moon.

9. The teacher asked, 'Why did you not bring your text book today?'
Ans.
The teacher asked why he hadn't brought his textbook that day.

10. The father asked, 'When would you like to put up the play?"
Ans. The father asked when he would like to put up the play.

11. The Granny said, 'Have you said your prayers today, Madhavi?'
Ans.
The granny asked Madhavi if she had said her prayers that day.

12. Do you remember that the train will leave in one hour?' asked Father.
Ans.
Father reminded if she remembered that the train would leave in one hour.

13. "May I go now?" he asked.
Ans.
He asked if he might go then.
Or
He asked for permission to go.

14. Rani said to me, "Can you see that red flower there?"
Ans.
Rani ask me if if I could see that red flower there.

15. "Are you planning to attend all the lectures?' asked the professor.
Ans.
The professor as if if I was planning to attend all the lectures.

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