6. "What do you want to buy?" the grocer said to me. (Subject then verb-delete /dol) 7. "Will you marry me?" the prince said to the princess. (Subject=she/ then helping verb) 8. "Is this earring yours?" he said to Anu. (Subject=earring change this to that) 9. "Did you lock the doors and the windows?" he said to mother. 10. "How is your Dad?" he said to Wendy. (Subject then verb) change the following interrogative sentences into Indirect speech
Answers
6. The grocer asked me what I wanted to buy.
7. The prince asked the princess if she would marry him.
8. He asked Anu if that was her earring.
9. He asked his mother if she locked the doors and windows.
10. He asked Wendy how her Dad was.
To convert to indirect speech:
Step 1 - Remove the inverted commas.
Step 2 - Change words like 'said' to 'asked' since it a requesting imperative setence.
Step 3 - Change the tense to simple past tense by changing words like 'will' to 'would'.
Step 4 - Make sure it is a not in the form of an interrogative or exclamatory sentence.
Answer:
6.The grocer asked me what I wanted to buy.
7.The prince asked the princess if she would marry him.
8.He asked Anu if that earring was hers.
9.He asked his mother if she had locked the doors and the windows.
10.He asked Wendy how his/her dad was.