Question

"how shall I tell Tom the bad news" she said .convert it in reported speech.​

Answer 1

Answer:

She asked how she should tell Tom the bad news.

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Answer 2

The reported speech of the given sentence is:

She asked how she should tell the bad news.

Changing from direct to indirect/ reported speech:

• The sentence that is given in direct speech must be changed into indirect speech.  
• When a sentence is changed into indirect speech, the comma, question mark and quotation marks must be removed.
• The given sentence is interrogative.  So we must use 'asked'.
• The entire sentence is converted into past tense. That is the verbs take the past tense form. So the verb 'shall' takes its past tense form 'should' in reported from.
• The person within the quotation marks must be changed in reported form accordingly. Hence 'I' changes to 'she', the speaker.
• Moreover, we are the changing the interrogative form into a statement from in reported speech. So the noun will precede the verb. 'Shall I tell' becomes 'she should tell'.
• Therefore the answer is: She asked how she should tell the bad news.