Question

Change the following into Indirect Speech:
"Have you polished my shoes, John" said Aslam, "Sir, I had polished them before I went to bed", he replied. Then what have you been doing since morning?" asked Aslam, "Nothing Sir", he said.​

Answer 1

Aslam asked if John had polished his shoes.

John replied that he polished them before he had gone to bed.

Aslam asked him what he had been doing since that morning.

John replied that he had been doing nothing since morning.