Question

14. She said 'why do volcanoes erupt?
change into indirect speech​

Answer 1

Answer:

She asked why volcanoes erupted.

Explanation:

Question:

She said,"why do volcanoes erupt?"

change into indirect speech.

Answer:

She asked why volcanoes erupted.

*The given question is in direct speech,interrogative sentence.("wh" type)

*So that we have to follow the interrogative rules.

*In the reporting speech,"said to is changed into "asked"

*In the reported speech,comma and quotation are removed and tense is changed.

*So the answer is,

She asked why volcanoes erupted.

Answer 2

Answer:

She asked why volcanoes erupted.

More:

Direct Speech:

♦ Direct speech is used when the words spoken or written down are the actual words spoken by the same person.

• Jone said to him,"You have not done your work."

Indirect Speech:

♦ Indirect or reported speech is used when a person reports direct speech that is he reports orally or writes down the words in an appropriate tense and refers to the original speakers or rights in the third person making other necessary changes.

• Jone told him that he had not done his work.

Changes need to made:-

Here - There

Now - Then

Ago - Before

Last night - The previous night

Today - That day

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