Question

he said to,her do you want to go home? convert into indirect speech​

Answer 1

Answer:

he asked her if she wanted to go home.

this will be the indirect speech of this sentence

Answer 2

$\large\textbf{ReQuired AnSwer}:$

$\text {Given}:$ He said to, her do you  want to go home?

$\text{Indirect Speech}:$ He asked her if she wanted to go home.

$\large\textbf{Explanation}:$

$\star$The reported speech of the Interrogative speech should be introduced by some such verbs as asked, inquired, ect.

Hence, so the reported part started with the verb asked.

$\star$ In Reported speech the verbs in present tense should be reported into past tense.

Hence, The verb want was reported as wanted.

$\star$ If The question is in yes or No type hence the verb If or whether should be used.

Hence, the word if is added in the reported speech.

$\large\textbf{Rules for Changing Interrogative :}$

1. The Reporting Verb is changed, into ‘ask, enquire, inquire or demand! etc

2. No conjunction is used to introduce the Reported Speech if the question begins with (an interrogative) word ; such as—what, who, whose, which, when, where, why, how, whom etc.

3. If or whether is used to introduce the Reported Speech if the reported speech has no question word.

4. Change the questions into statements. Put Jull stop in place of mark of interrogation (?).

$\large\textbf{Explore More :}$

1. There are two different ways in which we can report the words of a speaker :

(a) Direct Speech or Direct Narration.

(b) Indirect Speech or Indirect Narration.

2. (a) Direct Speech contains the actual words of the speaker ; as—

Sarla said, “My father has a roaring business in Mumbai.”

He said to me, “I am feeling unwell today.”

In these sentences, actual words of the speaker are given within inverted commas without any change.

(b) Indirect Speech gives the substance of the speaker’s actual words and not the exact words spoken by him or her ; as—

Sarla said that her father had a roaring business in Mumbai He told me that he was feeling unwell that day.

3. The actual words of the speaker, given within ‘inverted commas’ are called the Reported Speech.

In the same way, the Verb which introduces the Reported Speech is called the Reporting Verb.

In the sentence above ‘said’ is the Reporting Verb and ‘My father has a roaring business in Mumbai’ is the Reported Speech.

Reporting Verb and Reported Speech

Look at the following sentences :

Radha says, “I shall finish my home-work today.”

Sushma said to Pushpa, “Show me your dolls.”

The verbs ‘says and said’ in the above sentences are ‘Reporting Verbs’.

The exact words of the speaker given within the inverted commas are ‘Reported Speech'