Question

a) Farhad said to me, "Will you go to school?"
b) he said to his brother, "What are you doing?"
c)he said to me, "Where do you live?"
d) Najma said to him, "Have you taken my pen?"
e) Sohel said to Rasel, "What are you doing?"
1) She said to me, "Who are you and what do you want?”
g) The maid said to the old man, "Will you give me some food?"
h) He said to me, "Would you accompany me, please?
1) She said to me, "Did you like my gift?"
i) She said to the children, "Can you swim?"​

Answer 1

Indirect/Reported Speech refers to a dialogue being told to a third person/reporting what happened to a third person.

Example: She said, "I have to go to school tomorrow." (Direct)

                 She said that she had to go to school the next day. (Indirect)

In the above example, when writing in indirect/reported form, the sentence changes according to its tense. Also, modifications regarding certain words like 'this' changes to 'that', 'tomorrow' changes to 'the next day', 'will' changes to 'would', 'can' changes to 'could' and many other words will have to be made. Also, if the sentence contains an interrogation, then 'said' changes to 'asked'. Punctuation marks other than a full stop (.) cannot be used in indirect/reported speech.

a) Farhad said to me, "Will you go to school?" (Direct)

• Farhad asked me if I would go to school. (Indirect)

b) He said to his brother, "What are you doing?" (Direct)

• He asked his bother what he was doing. (Indirect)

c) He said to me, "Where do you live?" (Direct)

• He asked me where I lived. (Indirect)

d) Najma said to him, "Have you taken my pen?" (Direct)

• Najma asked him if he had taken his pen. (Indirect)

e) Sohel said to Rasel, "What are you doing?" (Direct)

• Sohel asked Rasel what he was doing. (Indirect)

1) She said to me, "Who are you and what do you want?" (Direct)

• She asked me who I was and what I wanted. (Indirect)

g) The maid said to the old man, "Will you give me some food?" (Direct)

• The maid asked the old man if he would give her some food. (Indirect)

h) He said to me, "Would you accompany me, please?" (Direct)

• He asked and requested me to accompany him. (Indirect)

1) She said to me, "Did you like my gift?" (Direct)

• She asked me if I liked her gift. (Indirect)

Answer 2

YOUR QUESTION :

a) Farhad said to me, "Will you go to school?"

b) he said to his brother, "What are you doing?"

c)he said to me, "Where do you live?"

d) Najma said to him, "Have you taken my pen?"

e) Sohel said to Rasel, "What are you doing?"

1) She said to me, "Who are you and what do you want?”

g) The maid said to the old man, "Will you give me some food?"

h) He said to me, "Would you accompany me, please?

1) She said to me, "Did you like my gift?"

ANSWERS :

a) Farhad said to me, "Will you go to school?"

=> Farhad asked me if I would go to school.

b) he said to his brother, "What are you doing?"

=> He asked his brother what he was doing.

c)he said to me, "Where do you live?"

=> He asked me where I lived.

d) Najma said to him, "Have you taken my pen?"

=> Najma asked him if he had taken his pen.

e) Sohel said to Rasel, "What are you doing?"

=> Sohel asked Rasel what he was doing.

1) She said to me, "Who are you and what do you want?”

=> She asked me who I was and what I wanted.

g) The maid said to the old man, "Will you give me some food?"

=> The maid asked the old man if he would give her some food.

h) He said to me, "Would you accompany me, please?

=> He asked ans requested me to accompany him.

1) She said to me, "Did you like my gift?"

=> She asked me if I liked her gift.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION :

KIND OF QUESTIONS :

✔Wh-Question.

✔Yes-No Question.

Rules of Wh-Question :

• In case of Interrogative sentences reporting verb is changed to 'asked'.
• This is a wh-word type interrogative. sentence so conjunction will not be used.
• Reported speech tense will be changed to past perfect ( you must change present into past if reporting verb is not in present or future).

Rules of Yes-No Question :

• In case of Interrogative sentences reporting verb is changed to 'asked'.
• 'If' or 'whether' sit down after 'ask'.

Example of Wh-Question :

Dir : He said to me, "What is your name?"

Ind : He asked me what my name was.

Example of Yes-No Question :

Dir : You said to me, "Do you know English"

Ind : You asked me if I know English.