Change into indirect speech.
(a) “Do you like your school?” asked the boy.
“Don't go to school; I'm a business man- girl, I mean”, answered jo.
Answers
Answer:
the boy asked me if i liked my school.
jo forbidden the girl to go to school and said that his mean was that he was a businessman .
Answer:
(a) The boy asked me whether/if liked my school.
(b) Jo answered that she meant she didn't go to school as she was a businessman-girl.
Explanation:
Sentence (a) was a Helping-Verb Interrogative Case. While converting such cases we apply the following rules:
1. Remove the conjunction 'if' or 'whether' that joins the reporting verb with the reported speech.
2. Convert the interrogative sentence into declarative sentence.
3. Change the pronouns and tenses as per the reported speech rules.
Sentence (b) was a statement. While converting such sentences into indirect speech following rules are applied:
1. Present tense in direct speech is turned into Past Tense.
2. Pronouns are changed according to the pronoun change rules.