Question

Direct into indirect speech by 3. May I speak to you privately?' said Leena to me.
4. 'Will you get me this book?' asked the librarian.
5. My sister said to me, 'Can yo lend me your dress?'
6. Pawan said to Neha, 'Why did Rohan leave so early?'
7. He said, 'Will you return my money immediately?'
8. The master said angrily, 'Why have you disturbed me?'
9. The speaker said, 'How can we agree to the proposal?'
10. Silvia asked, 'Who is that man?'
11. Hianif said, 'How did you get to the office today?'
12. Rhea said, 'What has been done to improve the condition of these patients?'​

Answer 1

Answer:

3. leena asked me if she can talk to me privately.

4. librarian asked if i will get her that book.

5. my sister asked if i could lend her my dress.

6. pawan asked neha if she knew why rohan left so early.

7.he asked if i will return his money immediately.

8. the master asked angrily why he had disturbed him.

9. the speaker asked if how the proposal could be accepted.

10. silvia wanted to know who was that man.

11. hanif wanted to know how i went to the office today.

12. rhea wanted to know what has improved the condition of the patients

Explanation:

Answer 2

Leena asked me if she might speak to me privately

The librarian asked if I could get him/her that book

My sister asked me if I could lend her my dress

Pawan asked Neha why Rohan had left so early

He asked if I would return his money immediately

The master exclaimed angrily why I had disturbed him

The speaker asked how they could agree to the proposal

Silivia asked who that man was

Hianif asked how I had got to the office that day

Rhea asked what had been done to improve the conditions of those patients

Explanation:

• In yes/no questions, we use if/whether to report the question. If is more common. However, In what/where/why/who/when/how questions, we use the question word to report the question, example She said "Where did he go?", She asked where he went.
• The verb in the reported speech comes after thesubject in indirect speech, for example, I said the man, “Where is the hotel?”, I asked the man where the hotel was.
• We also often make changes to the tenses and other words in the same way as for reported, examples,  have done→had done, today→that day, these→those, May→might
• The most common reporting verb for questions is ask, but we can also use verbs like enquire, want to know or wonder
• First person pronoun (I/we/me/mine/ours/us) in direct speech is changed third person pronoun (he/she/they/his/her/their/him/her/them). The 2nd Person Pronoun (you/yours/my) of the reported Speech is changed according to “object” of the reporting verb (I/my