Question

Do you practice regularly. Sais the coach to the athlete. Change into indirect speech

Answer 1

the coach said to the athlete whether he practiced regularly.

Answer 2

The correct answer is “The coach asked the athlete if he practices regularly.”

The direct and indirect statements are different because one is an actual statement while other is the narration to it.

The indirect statement will mean the third person was not present during the chat and hence it requires conversion to indirect.