Question

Change the following sentences into indirect speech:
1
Surolcha said to Sanjeev,"What are you doing now?"
2
He said to me, "Where did you go?"
The teacher said to the students, "Do these sums now?"
4 She said to me, "Do you know the way to station?"
5
Geeta said to me, "Are you planning to go to Delhi shortly?"
6
She said to me, "Why did you write such an insulting letter to me?"
7.
He said to me, "Do you play chess?"
8.
He said to me, "How old are you?"
9.
They said to him, "When are you coming?"
10.
He said to me, "Why did you do it?"​

Answer 1

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1. Surolcha asked Sanjeev what he was doing then.

2. He asked me where I had gone.

3. The teacher ordered the students to do those sums then. ( Error of the question has been corrected here : The teacher said to the students, "Do these sums now". There will be no question mark )

4. She asked me if I knew the way to station.

5. Geeta asked me if I was planning to go to Delhi shortly.

6. She asked me why I had written such an insulting letter to her.

7. He asked me if I played chess.

8. He asked me how old I was.

9. They asked him when he was coming.

10. He asked me why I had done it.

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• The speaker and the reported verb remain unchanged.
• The comma and the quote after the reporting verb are omitted.
• The reporting verb is changed into ask or enquire.
• The wh-word remains unchanged.
• The question is changed into statement.
• *While changing Yes/No type interrogative sentences the reporting verb (ask/enquire) follows if or whether.
• If reporting verb is in past tense,the tense of the reported verb is changed into the corresponding past form.
• If the reporting verb and reported verb are both in past form the reported verb jumps over a tense ie the simple past tense is changed into past perfect and the past continuous into the past perfect continuous.
• The first person in direct speech is changed into the person of speaker.
• The second person of the direct speech is changed into the person of the person spoken to.
• The 3rd person of the direct speech is not changed.

Answer 2

Answer:

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1. Surolcha asked Sanjeev what he was doing then.

2. He asked me where I had gone.

3. The teacher ordered the students to do those sums then. ( Error of the question has been corrected here : The teacher said to the students, "Do these sums now". There will be no question mark )

4. She asked me if I knew the way to station.

5. Geeta asked me if I was planning to go to Delhi shortly.

6. She asked me why I had written such an insulting letter to her.

7. He asked me if I played chess.

8. He asked me how old I was.

9. They asked Himachal when he was coming.

10. He asked me why I had done it.