Father said to me, don't you have a test tomorrow? Sit down and study. Change to indirect speech
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Answer:
Father asked me if I didn't have a test the following day. He then instructed me to sit down and study.
Explanation:
First sentence was a Helping-Verb Interrogative Case. While reporting such cases we apply the following rules:
1. Use conjunction 'if' or 'whether' to join the reporting verb with the speech to be reported.
2. Convert the interrogative into statement.
3. Change the pronouns and tenses as per the reported speech rules.
Second sentence was an imperative sentence. When we change an imperative direct speech or vice versa into indirect speech we do the following changes:
1. Reporting verb is changed according to the request, advice, suggestion, or command tone of the sentence.
2. Linking word 'to' is used to join the quoted speech with the reporting verb. In case the sentence is negative 'not to' is used.
3. The other changes of the tense, time adverbials, and pronouns are the same.