Question

he asked me, can you swim change into indirect speech

Answer 1

Indirect Speech refers to speech bring said to a third person or reporting what happened to a third person.

Example: She said,"What's the time?" (Direct)

               She asked what the time was. (Indirect)

In the above example, when writing in reported/indirect form, the sentence changes according to its tense form. Also, modifications regarding certain words like 'this' changes to 'that', 'will' changes to 'would', 'yesterday' changes to 'the previous day', 'these' changes to 'those' and many other words will have to be made.

He asked me,"Can you swim?" (Direct)

He asked me if I could swim. (Indirect)

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Answer 2

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Question About:- The given question is based on the topic Direct and indirect speech.

Answer:-

He asked me ,"Can you swim".

• He asked me if could I swim.

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An action or information can be expressed in a sentence.

In English the sentences are active or passiveEnglish Direct or indirect.

Rules for changing direct speech into indirect speech:-

• The inverted commas are omitted in the indirect speech.

• The capital letter with inverted commas in Direct speech will not remain capital in the indirect speech.

• The affirmative sentences ise that as a linker.

• We should be aware of Verb.

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