Question

Convert the following sentences into the Indirect form:
1. He said to me, "Are you quite well now?"
2. I said to him, "Have you done the home-task ?"
3. Bubli said to him, “Will you accompany me to Agra tomorrow?"​

Answer 1

Answer:

he asked me that I was quite well now.

i asked him that he had done the home-task

bubli asked him that he will accompany her to Agra tomorrow

Answer 2

ANSWER :

• 1. He said to me, "Are you quite well now?"

✠ Indirect Speech :- He asked me whether I was quite well then.

• 2. I said to him, "Have you done the home-task ?"

✠ Indirect Speech :- I asked him whether he had done the home-task.

• 3. Bubli said to him, “Will you accompany me to Agra tomorrow?"

✠ Indirect Speech :- Bubli asked him whether he would accompany her to Agra the next day.

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❍ Note :-

• ✎ In case of an interrogative sentence, the reporting verb "said / said to" is changed to "asked" and the conjunction used is "if / whether" in Indirect Speech.

• ✎ The time phrase "now" in Direct Speech is changed to "then" in Indirect Speech and "tomorrow" in Direct Speech is changed to "the next day / the following day" in Indirect Speech.

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KNOW MORE :

❒ Types of Speech :-

• ➬ Direct Speech

• ➬ Indirect Speech

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❒ Direct Speech :-

• ➬ In Direct Speech, the words of the speaker is expressed in the same way that it is said by the speaker i.e, with speech marks and using exactly the same words.

• ➬ The words of the speaker are kept within Inverted Comma (" ") in Direct Speech and there we need ti use Comma (,) between the Reporting Verb and Direct Speech.

• ➬ The verb that introduce the Direct Speech is called Reporting Verb.

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❒ Indirect Speech :-

• ➬ In Indirect Speech, the words of the speaker is expressed without speech marks and without necessarily using exactly the same words, keeping the meaning same.

• ➬ Unlike Direct Speech, there is the need of using "that" or any necessary conjunction instead of the the Comma (,) in Indirect Speech.

• ➬ There is also needed some grammatical changes while changing the speech from Direct speech to Indirect Speech.