Question

4. a) Do as directed :
i) "Was I bothering you when I turned that corner?" asked the woman. (Turn
into indirect speech)​

Answer 1

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✎ Change the given sentence to indirect speech.

➪i) "Was I bothering you when I turned that corner?" asked the woman. (direct speech)

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☑ The woman asked if / whether she was bothering me when she turned that corner. (indirect speech)

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• ⸙ Direct speech is where the message of the speaker is conveyed or reported in his own actual words without any change.
• ⸙ Indirect speech is where the message of the speaker is conveyed or reported in our own words.
• ❥ If the reporting verb is in the past tense, then the direct sentence is changed in its past tense.
• ❥ The tense of direct speech remains unchanged when the reporting verb is in the present or future tense.
• ❥ If the direct sentence contains the universal truth, then it remains unchanged in the indirect speech.

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Answer 2

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The woman asked if / whether she was bothering me when she turned that corner. (indirect speech)