Question

I asked my teacher,"why is he working "direct and indirect speech

Answer 1

Answer

I asked my teacher why he was working. (indirect)

Explanation

The given direct speech has the following points to notice :

• The reporting verb us past as well as a question

• The reported speech is interrogative sentence as well as its tense is present continouus

• The pronouns are such that will not change in indirect form even herevin the question

Changes occured in indirect :

• The reported speech started with 'why' a conjungtion so no change while joining reporting and reporting clause

• The only change is the tense of verb of reporting clause from present continuous to past continuous and indifinite sentence from interrogative sentencs.

Answer 2

Answer:

Indirect speech - I asked my teacher why he was working.