Question

"
Do you know Sandip ?" he said to me (n.c)​

Answer 1

Answer:

He asked me if I knew Sandeep.

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Answer 2

Answer:

"Do you know Sandip ?" he said to me

• The given sentence is an example of Direct speech.
• Direct speech is always changed into direct speech. Therefore it is mentioned below : He asked me if I knew Sandip.
• The given repoted speech is an Interrogative Sentence.
• And the given reporting verb has been written in Simple Past Tense. According to grammatical rules the reported speech will be turned into simple past tense.
• Asked is used instead of said to and if is used insted of comma as an conjunction.
• But for wh question, if is not used, Wh remains unchange.
• Example: He asked me what his name was.