Question

GRAMMAR
It:
Reported Speech: Reporting questions
indirect speech. Here is a paragraph with direct speech
You have learnt how to report questions from direct to
questions. Read them carefully and report into indirect
speech. Rewrite the paragraph in the space given below.
Once an old man asked a young boy, "Who do you
in return, “Who do you think so?” The old man said, "How
can sons and daughters be intelligent without learning from
their parents?" The young man said, “How did you as a
parent learn?” The old man said, "Why are you hijacking
my question by asking me back?” The young man said,
«Didn't you know that you as a parent, now have learnt all
the things on your own?” The old man said, "How do you say
that we all learnt from others?” The young man said, "Why
do you ask me about how to operate electronic gadget all
he time?" The old man said, "Why can't I ask you because I
ave paid for the gadget you use?”​

Answer 1

Answer:

The general pattern in converting direct speech to reported speech is to "down shift" the tense of the verb; so present becomes past, present perfect becomes past perfect, will becomes would or will have, can becomes could, could becomes could have, should becomes should have and so on. Additionally, questions in direct address become "if," "whether," or "wh" statements in reported speech. In everyday speech there are lots of exceptions to the pattern because of the logic and particularities of a situation. I'm afraid "all cases" would be too numerous to list, but here are a few:

Direct: She said, "I saw him."

Reported: She said that she had seen him.

Direct: He said, "I will see you now."

Reported: He said he would see me immediately.

Direct: She asked, "Have you seen him?"

Reported: She asked if I had seen him.

Direct: "Are you going or not?" she asked.

Reported: She asked whether I was going or not.