how to change indirect speech questions into direct speech
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The conversion of Indirect to Direct Speech generally presents no special difficulties.
Follow all the rules which we learned for changing the Direct to Indirect Speech in reverse for changing Indirect to Direct Speech.
The following examples will show you how simple and easy it is.
Examples:
• Indirect: He enquired whether his name was Ahmed.
• Direct: He said to him, “Is not your name Ahmed?"
1. CHANGE FROM THE TENSE OF THE REPORTED SENTENCE FROM PRESENT TO PAST
2. ADD THE CONNECTOR 'THAT' INSTEAD OF ""
3. AS PER THE CONTEXT OF THE STATEMENT DETERMINE WHETHER IT IS AN EXCLAMATORY SENTENCE , AN INTERROGATION OR AN GENERAL STATEMENT AND ACCORDINGLY ADD "INQUIRED","SAID" ETC BEFORE THE REPORTED STATEMENT.
4. THE SUBJECT OF THE SENTENCE WON'T CHANGE ...