Question

He said to me,"Why did you strike me?" (change into indirect speech)

Answer 1

He asked me Why I had striked him?

Answer 2

Indirect speech: He asked why I stroked him.

• There are two ways in which a person's saying can be related: direct and indirect.
• Direct speech represents the exact words said by the original speaker While indirect speech represents reporting the meaning of the sentence said by the original speaker to the third party.
• While framing the indirect speech, reporting verbs such as 'to ask', 'to tell', etc are used.
• The tense of the verb present inside the sentence is changed for better grammatical framing.

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