change the following exchanges into reported speech.
1.anita:what do you do?
prakash:i am an engineer
2.rahul: what are you waiting for?
prem: i am waiting for my friend
3.suresh: why are you laughing?
ganesh: it is funny
4.sahithi: how do you go to school?
naresh: i go to school by bus
5. raju: where are you going?
nidhi: i am going to work
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Answer:
The two ways of relating what a person has said are 1)direct and 2)indirect (reported speech). In direct speech, the original speaker's exact words are repeated. In indirect/reported speech, the exact meaning is expressed but not necessarily using the original speaker's exact words. Pronouns and possessive adjectives usually change from first or second person to the third person except when the speaker is reporting his own words. Sometimes a noun can be inserted to avoid doubt.
When we turn direct questions and exclamations into indirect speech, they are converted to affirmative statement .( ? and ! is not used).
Option A is correct as when we convert the given direct question to indirect speech which doesn't start with a question word, then if/whether is used, the present continuous tense is changed to past continuous tense (asked) and you is changed to he.
The other options are wrong as felt, is, and asks can't be used.
The correct answer is A)His mother asked Peter if he was feeling alright.