'How far is the nearest petrol pump ?' said the stranger.
-Convert the above interrogative sentence into indirect speech-
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The given sentence can be answered as shown below:
The stranger asked how far the nearest petrol pump was.
Explanation:
It was an interrogative case. When we convert an interrogative sentence starting with wh- word, we don’t add any conjunction such as ‘that’, ‘if’ etc. We just use the wh-word and turn the question into statement. The other tense and pronoun changes are applied as per the reported speech rules.
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The stranger asked how far the nearest petrol pump was.
Explanation:
- An interrogative sentence is a type of sentence in which a question is asked.
- An indirect speech is a speech that is not quoted as said by the speaker. The speech is said in the words of the second person.
- Also, the inverted commas are not used in indirect speech.
- The above sentence has been written in indirect speech.
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