Question

change into indirect speech the teacher said to the student , did you come to school yesterday

Answer 1

The teacher asked the students if they had came to school the previous day .

Answer 2

The indirect speech will be: The teacher asked the student if he had come to school the previous day.

1. Direct speech is when someone says something directly in its original form. The sentence is put inside quotation marks.

2. Indirect or reported speech is when we tell someone what another person said, without using their exact words.

3. If the direct speech is a question, then we have to use if/whether while changing it to indirect speech.

4. Some examples are as follows:

• Ram said to Mira, "Did you water the plants?"

       Ram asked Mira whether she had watered the plants.

• She said, "I am going to the cafe."

        She said that she was going to the cafe.