Question

"He said to the young boy what are you doing there"

Change the voice.

Answer 1

Indirect/Reported Speech refers to a dialogue being told to a third person/reporting what happened to a third person.

Example: She said,"I don't have a book." (Direct)

                She said that she didn't have a book. (Indirect)

In the above example, when writing in indirect/reported form, the sentence changes according to its tense. Also, modifications regarding certain words like 'this' changes to 'that', 'tomorrow' changes to 'the next day', 'will' changes to 'would', 'can' changes to 'could' and many other words have to be made. Also, if the sentence is contains an interrogation, then 'said' changes to 'asked'. Punctuation marks other than a full stop (.) cannot be used in indirect/reported speech.

He said to the young boy,"What are you doing there?" (Direct)

He asked the young boy what he was doing there. (Indirect)

Answer 2

Answer:

He asked the young boy what he was doing there.

Explanation:

Direct speech definition:

➜ Direct speech is quote actual words of the speaker.

Indirect speech definition:

➜ Indirect speech reports the content said by the speaker without quoting exact words. This is "Reported speech".

Examples of direct and indirect speech:

Direct speech:

➜ Nayanshreyas, said "I have scored 100% marks in maths".

Indirect speech:

➜ Nayanshreyas said that he had scored 100% marks in maths.

Converting direct to indirect speech:

➜ Changing the tenses.

➜ Changing the pronouns.

➜ Changing the expression of the words for (Place, things, Time).