Question

'But how can anyone hold back a big boulder? "interupted my sister. change this sentence into indirect speech ​

Answer 1

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

Example: Ken said,"I have to write an article." (Direct)

                Ken said that he had to write an article. (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 have to be made. Also, if the sentence is contains an interrogation, then 'said' changes to 'asked'. Punctuation marks other than a full stop (.) cannot be used in indirect/reported speech.

"But how can anyone hold back a big boulder?"interrupted my sister. (Direct)

My sister interrupted asking how anyone could hold back a big boulder. (Indirect)

Answer 2

Question:-

Change to Indirect Speech:

"But how can anyone hold back a big boulder?", interrupted my sister.

Answer:-

My sister interrupted asking how anyone could hold back a big boulder.

Here,

So, the sentence is Interrogative that is why we would be adding 'asked' to the sentence. But, the verb 'interrupt' as also been mentioned. So, the combination become 'interrupted asking'.

What is Direct/Indirect Speech ?

Direct Speech: It involves writing the actual words of the speaker within Inverted Commas.

Indirect Speech: It involves changing the words of the speaker by changing the tense to narrate to the some other person.