Question

convert the following into indirect speech the manager said,"where is your application."?​

Answer 1

The given sentence in indirect speech is:

The manager asked where my application was.

• The given sentence is in direct speech. It has been changed into indirect or reported speech.

• In case of direct speech, the words of the speaker are directly given in quotes.

• In case of indirect speech, the words of the speaker are stated indirectly without using quotes.

Certain changes are to be made during transformation:

1. Change in tense

2. Change in reporting verbs

• Since this is a question, the reporting verb used here is 'asked'.

Answer 2

Here is the correct answer along with the explanation:

In the given direct speech, object of the reporting verb 'said' is missing. Let's assume the object is 'him'. Then the sentence will be converted into reported speech as shown below:

The manager asked him where his application was.

Explanation:

It was an interrogative case.  The reporting verb 'said to' is changed into 'asked', enquired' or 'wanted to know'.When we convert an interrogative sentence starting with wh- word, we don’t add any conjunction such as ‘that’, ‘if’ etc. We just use the wh-word and turn the question into statement. The other tense and pronoun changes are applied as per the reported speech rules.