Question

father asked Seema why are you crying change to indirect speech​

Answer 1

Father asked to Seema that why she was crying.

Answer 2

Answer:

The father asked Seema why she was crying.

Explanation:

• Direct speech is the words that are spoken without any changes in the exact speech whereas indirect speech is one that reports something said or written by another person, without making the use of exact words.

• When the reporting verb is in the past (asked) and the direct speech is in the present continuous tense, then the indirect (reported) speech will change into the past continuous tense.

• Therefore,

Present Continuous Tense changes into Past Continuous Tense.

• If the sentence is interrogative, we use reporting verbs like asked, enquired, etc.
• Thus, the sentence when changed to indirect speech would be :
•      The father asked Seema why she was crying.