Question

change the following into indirect speech. the boy said to his mother, "have you sweets for me?"​

Answer 1

Answer:

The boy said to his mother "have you sweets for me?"

Answer 2

Answer:

The boy asked his mother if she had sweets for him.

Explanation:

Question:

Change the following into indirect speech.

The boy said to his mother,"Have you sweets for me?"

Answer:

The boy asked his mother if she had sweets for him.

*The given question is in direct speech,interrogative sentence.

*So we have to follow the interrogative rules.

*In the reporting speech,"said to" is changed into "asked".

*In the reported speech,comma and quotation are removed and interrogative linker "if" is included.

*Pronoun and tense are changed.

*So the answer is,

The boy asked his mother if she had sweets for him.