Question

change into indirect speech. (b) jo flourished her broom as she called out..."how do you do? Are you sick?"

Answer 1

Answer:

Flourishing her broom Jo asked him how he did and further asked if he was sick.

Explanation:

The first sentence (How do you do?) was an interrogative case. When we convert an interrogative sentence starting with wh- word, we don’t add any conjunction such as ‘that’, ‘if’ etc. We just use the wh-word and turn the question into statement. The other tense and pronoun changes are applied as per the reported speech rules.

The second sentence (Are you sick?) was a Helping-Verb Interrogative Case. While reporting such cases we apply the following rules:

1. Use conjunction 'if' or 'whether' to join the reporting verb with the speech to be reported.

2. Convert the interrogative into statement.

3. Change the pronouns and tenses as per the reported speech rules.