Question

He asked them,"have you seen the postman?:into indirect speech

Answer 1

Given sentence :-

He asked them, "have you seen the postman?''

Indirect speech :-

He asked them if they had seen the postman.

SOMETHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

• In changing a sentence from direct to indirect speech, the sentence is changed into past tense.

• If already in past tense, then it is changed into past participle.

• All double inverted commas disappear.

                                                       

Answer 2

He asked them,"Have you seen the postman?".

• He asked them that if they had seen seen the postman.

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An action or information can be expressed in a sentence.

In english the sentence are active or passive , direct ot indirect.

• The actual words of the speaker with punctuation is called Direct speech.

• The meaning of the substance of the speakers words is called Indirect speech.

Note:-

When the given sentence is universal fact.Then the sentence cannot be changed.

Ex:- The sun rises in the east.