Question

change into direct speech
my father asked me why I had beaten the child​

Answer 1

Answer:

My father said to me,"Why did you beat the child?"

Explanation:

*The given question is in indirect speech.

*We have to convert the question into direct speech,interrogative sentence.

*So we must follow the interrogative rules.

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

*In the reported speech,comma and quotation are included.

*Pronoun and tense are changed.

*So the answer is,

My father said to me,"Why did you beat the child?".