Question

change the following sentence to indirect speech -'' who are you '' asked the bird.' i am the happy prince ' . ' then why are you crying ' i am wet with your tears '

Answer 1

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Sentence: '' who are you '' asked the bird.' i am the happy prince ' . ' then why are you crying ' i am wet with your tears '

Indirect speech: The bird asked the price who he was to which the the prince responded that he was the happy prince. The bird asked him why he was crying to which the prince said that he was wet with his tars.

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Answer 2

Indirect Speech describd what a person said but not in the same words as he described.

It uses indirect discourse.

The above sentence can be changed into indirect speech as:

The bird asked who was he. He replied that he was prince.

Bird asked him why was he crying.

He replied that he was wet with it's tears.