Question

He asked his friends, "Are you going to play today?" ( Change into Indirect Speech )

Answer 1

Answer:

He asked his friends if they would go to play that day.

Explanation:

Answer 2

He asked his friend if they were going to play that day. This is the answer.

Converting to indirect speech:

• The words uttered by a person can be reported in two different ways.
• Direct and Indirect.
• When one quotes the exact words of the speaker, we call it direct speech.
• On converting a question to indirect speech the reporting verb said is converted to asked, enquired etc.
• Hence the correct answer is: He asked his friend if they were going to play that day