Question

Change the following interrogative sentences in indirect speech. (a) The booking clerk said to me Where do you live? (b) The priest said to the man Have you been to the temple today? (c) She said to me What can I do for you? (d) I said to the stranger Whose house are you looking for? (e) Reena said to herself What dessert should I make today?


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Answer 1

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Change the following interrogative sentences in indirect speech.

(a) The booking clerk said to me, "Where do you live?"

(b) The priest said to the man, "Have you been to the temple today?"

(c) She said to me, "What can I do for you?"

(d) I said to the stranger, "Whose house are you looking for?"

(e) Reena said to herself, "What dessert should I make today?"

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Change the following interrogative sentences in indirect speech.

(a) The booking clerk said to me, "Where do you live?"

☞ The booking clerk asked me where I lived?

(b) The priest said to the man, "Have you been to the temple today?"

☞ The priest asked the man that had he been to the temple today?

(c) She said to me, "What can I do for you?"

☞ She asked me what can she do for me?

(d) I said to the stranger, "Whose house are you looking for?"

☞ I asked to the stranger that whose house is he looking for?

(e) Reena said to herself, "What dessert should I make today?"

☞ Reena asked herself that what dessert shall she make today?

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Direct Speech ☞ Speech which is said directly or we can say that speech which describes something which is exactly as it was. It is usually in between a pair of inverted commas. For example, Ravi said, "Why are you sad?"

Indirect Speech ☞ Speech which is said indirectly or we can say that speech that shares some information which is as same as that of Indirect Speech. It involves reporting or describing what was said. It is also known as Reported Speech. For example, Ravi said that why were you sad.

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Answer 2

Required Answer:-

Change the following interrogative sentences in indirect speech.

(a) The booking clerk said to me, 'Where do you live?'

⇝ The booking clerk asked me that where do I live.

(b) The priest said to the man, 'Have you been to the temple today?'

⇝ The priest asked the man if he had been to the temple today.

(c) She said to me, 'What can I do for you?'

⇝ She asked me if she could do anything for me.

(d) I said to the stranger, 'Whose house are you looking for?'

⇝ I asked the stranger that whose house he was looking for.

(e) Reena said to herself, 'What dessert should I make today?'

⇝ Reena asked herself that what dessert should she make today.

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More Information:-

When we refer to the exact words as said by the speaker, we use the direct speech.

When we report what somebody said or thought in our own words, we use the indirect speech.

Examples:-

He said, 'I am new here.' (direct speech)

He said that he is new here. (indirect speech)

Changing Direct speech to Indirect speech:-

• The verb should be changed to past tense.
• Remove the inverted commas ('....')
• Use reporting verbs such as said, thought, asked, followed by that.

Note: If you want to change interrogative sentences into indirect speech, then you can use asked, enquired, demànded as reported verbs.