Question

GRAMMAR - DIRECT & INDIRECT
(YES/NO – ‘if/whether' connector)
STD 8
29.06.2020
Report the following questions:
1. She asked, “Will you help me?"
2. The stranger asked, “Do you know where Krishna lives?”
3. She asked, “May I know the truth?”
4. She asked, "Have you met my cousin Jay?"
5. The teacher asked the boy, “Have you paid the fee?”
6. She asked me, "Would you like to join us?"
7. “Can you speak English?" the manager asked the candidate.
8. The teacher asked the students, "Do you believe in ghosts?"​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. She asked that will I help him?

2. The stranger asked that Do I know where Krishna lives?

3. She asked that May i know the truth ?

4. She asked that have I met her cousin Jay?

5. The teacher asked the boy that have I paid the fees?

6. She asked me that would I like to join us?

7. The manager asked the candidate that can i spoke English?

8. The teacher asked the students that Do I believe in ghosts?

Answer 2

Answer:

1. She asked whether I would help her.

2. The stranger questioned whether I knew where Krishna lived.

3. She asked whether I might let her know the truth.

4. She asked whether I had met her cousin Jay.

5. The teacher asked the boy whether he had paid the fee.

6. She asked me whether I would like to join.

7. The manager asked the candidate whether he could speak English.

8. The teacher asked whether the students believed in ghosts.

Explanation:

First of all, we use if/weather to change direct interrogative sentences into indirect forms when the question can be answered using yes/no. We use whether when a question has an conditional answer, like 'May I talk to you if I do what you say?'. And we use if when a question has a fairly certain answer, like 'What will you do if I don't eat you?'.

Otherwise we use interrogative words like why, when, who, what, how, etc.

Excuse me if you already knew these, I could not think of any other explanation.