Question

I said to him,"Why is he crying?"​

Answer 1

Answer: "I asked him why he was crying?"

Explanation:

• The sentence given here is in Direct speech and we need to convert it into direct speech.
• Question:- I said to him, "Why is he crying?"​
• "I asked him why he was crying?"
• Hence, the above sentence is in Indirect speech.

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Answer 2

Answer:

I asked him why he was crying.

Explanation:

As we can understand after reading, the given sentence is in the direct form of speech.

We understand this by the fact that it has quotation marks, and is quoted as is.

We are directed to convert this into indirect, i.e., reported speech. This can be done by adding a reporting verb "commented, remarked, said, told" etc. before the statement, and ensure that the subject-verb agreement stays intact.

Thus, the sentence, when converted into reported speech, would look like this - I asked him why he was crying.

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