Question

He said to her," Did you see the thief?"

Answer 1

He asked her, did she see the theft.

Explanation:

• There are two types of speech in English grammar i.e. direct and indirect.

• Indirect speech is the type of reported speech in which the main message of the speaker is conveyed without keeping the original order.

• Direct speech is also known as quoted speech as that reports the words uttered in the original form.

Answer 2

He said to her,"Did you see the thief?"

• He told her that did she saw the thief?

Know More:-

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

• The meaning of the speaker words in the sentence is called Indirect speech.

• While changing we have to be aware of Verb.

• The pronoun should be changed according to the sense of speech.

• The tense of the Verb will be changed while changing the speech.

• The inverted commas are omitted in the indirect speech.

• An affirmative sentence/simple sentence use that as a linker.