Question

he seid to me ,"what are you doing at this time? Indirect speech

Answer 1

Answer:

He asked me what I am doing at that time

Answer 2

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He said to me' "What are you doing at this time? "(Change into Indirect Speech)

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He asked me what I was doing at that time?

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In form of Direct Speech:

• The actual words of the speaker are put within inverted commas (" ")

• A comma(,)is used before these words,seperating them from the first part of the sentence.

• The qouted words begin with a Capital letter.

In form of Indirect Speech:

• Here,the qouted words are not in inverted commas,but are introduced by conjunction 'that'.

• There is no comma after Reporting Verb 'said.'

• The tense of the Reporting Verb is never changed.

Rules to Change Direct Speech into Indirect Speech in forms of Interrogative Sentence.

• Rule1:

Whether or if is added,if the Reported Speech admits 'yes' or 'no.'

• Rule2:

But whether or if is not used if the Reported Speech is introduced by an interrogative pronoun or adjective or an adverb then when,why,which, where are added.

• Rule3:

Then the question form is changed into one of a statement. The conjunction 'that' is never used in such cases.

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Thus as a general rule in which there may be exceptions,we change:

• now⤍then
• this⤍that
• these⤍those
• here⤍there
• just⤍then
• came⤍go
• ago⤍before
• thus⤍so
• last night⤍the night before
• today⤍that day or the same day
• tomorrow⤍the day or the following day
• yesterday⤍the day before or the previous day.

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