Question

He said to me, 'can you tell me the way to the airport? '​

Answer 1

Answer:

He asked me if I could tell him the way to the airport.

Answer 2

ANSWER :

• ✠ Direct Speech :-

➨ He said to me, "Can you tell me the way to the airport ?"

• ✠ Indirect Speech :-

➨ He asked me if I could tell him the way to the airport.

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❍ Note :-

• ✎ In case of an interrogative sentence, the reporting verb "said" in Direct Speech is changed to "asked" and the conjunction used is "if / whether" in Indirect Speech.

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KNOW MORE :

❒ Types of Speech :-

• ➬ Direct Speech

• ➬ Indirect Speech

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❒ Direct Speech :-

• ➬ In Direct Speech, the words of the speaker is expressed in the same way that it is said by the speaker i.e, with speech marks and using exactly the same words.

• ➬ The words of the speaker are kept within Inverted Comma (" ") in Direct Speech and there we need ti use Comma (,) between the Reporting Verb and Direct Speech.

• ➬ The verb that introduce the Direct Speech is called Reporting Verb.

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❒ Indirect Speech :-

• ➬ In Indirect Speech, the words of the speaker is expressed without speech marks and without necessarily using exactly the same words, keeping the meaning same.

• ➬ Unlike Direct Speech, there is the need of using "that" or any necessary conjunction instead of the the Comma (,) in Indirect Speech.

• ➬ There is also needed some grammatical changes while changing the speech from Direct speech to Indirect Speech.