Question

change the following into indirect speech. Ram said to me,"Are you going today?"​

Answer 1

Direct Speech: Ram said to me,"Are you going today?"

Indirect Speech: Ram asked me if I was going that day.

• When direct speech is changed to indirect, certain rules are to be followed.
• Tense is moved one step backward.
• The inverted commas are removed and conjunctions like if, whether, that are added as per the requirement.
• 'Today' becomes 'that day' and yesterday changes to 'the previous day.'

Answer 2

Answer:

Ram said to me, "Are you going today?"

• The given indirect speech is said to turn into indirect speech and it is : 'Ram asked me if I was going that day.'

Explanation:

• Structure for Interrogative Sentence:
• 'Asked' is used instead of 'said to.'
• If or whether are used as Introductory Conjunction.
• If reporting verb is written in past tense and reported speech is written in present tense then reporting verb of indirect speech will turn into past tense, so 'I was going' has been written.
• When direct speech turns into indirect speech then adjective and adverbs are also changed : Today - that day, now- then, ago- before, here- there, tomorrow- the next day, yesterday- the previous day or the day before, etc.