Question

he said to us," why are you all sitting about there doing nothing?" change into indirect speech

Answer 1

He asked us that why we all were sitting about here doing nothing.

Answer 2

Answer:

Indirect speech: He asked us why we were all sitting about there doing nothing.

Explanation:

Direct Speech

One choice is to utilise direct speech when attempting to describe what someone has said. When we only repeat what someone says, we employ direct speech and place the words between speech marks:

Paul came in and said, “I’m really hungry.”

Indirect Speech

We can utilise indirect speech to report what someone said without speech bubbles or having to use exactly the same words (also called reported speech).

Direct speech: “We’re quite cold in here.”

Indirect speech: They say (that) they’re cold.

We use reporting verbs like 'say', 'tell', 'ask', and we may use the word 'that' to introduce the reported words. Inverted commas are not used.

Given: He said to us," why are you all sitting about there doing nothing?

Find: change into indirect speech

Indirect speech: He asked us why we were all sitting about there doing nothing.

The reporting verb "asked" will appear because the quoted sentence or reported clause in this context takes the form of a question. When an interrogative word, such as why, whom, what, or who, precedes the question, the word doesn't change. The reported clause now has a past continuous tense instead of a present continuous tense. Because the listener is us in this context, "you" will shift to "we."

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