Indirect to direct speech 1. The teacher asked whether Rina had Finished writing her essay
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Given sentence
The teacher asked whether Rina had finished her essay.
To convert the sentence to direct speech.
While converting to direct,
→ "that", "whether", "if" etc are replaced with double inverted commas.
→ The listener is excluded from the inverted commas and usually placed after the reporting verb, but here since Rina is placed after 'whether', we will put it in inverted commas.
→ The tense changes according to the reverse of indirect speech, that is,
Past perfect → past indefinite/Past perfect (according to the situation) while converting from indirect to direct.
Hence your answer is :-
The teacher asked "Rina, had you finished writing your essay?"
The teacher asked whether Rina had finished her essay.
To convert the sentence to direct speech.
While converting to direct,
→ "that", "whether", "if" etc are replaced with double inverted commas.
→ The listener is excluded from the inverted commas and usually placed after the reporting verb, but here since Rina is placed after 'whether', we will put it in inverted commas.
→ The tense changes according to the reverse of indirect speech, that is,
Past perfect → past indefinite/Past perfect (according to the situation) while converting from indirect to direct.
Hence your answer is :-
The teacher asked "Rina, had you finished writing your essay?"
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Answer: The teacher asked "Rina, had you finished writing your essay?"
Explanation: Given sentence
The teacher asked whether Rina had finished her essay.
To convert the sentence to direct speech.
While converting to direct,
→ "that", "whether", "if" etc are replaced with double inverted commas.
→ The listener is excluded from the inverted commas and usually placed after the reporting verb, but here since Rina is placed after 'whether', we will put it in inverted commas.
→ The tense changes according to the reverse of indirect speech, that is,
Past perfect → past indefinite/Past perfect (according to the situation) while converting from indirect to direct.
Hence your answer is :-
The teacher asked "Rina, had you finished writing your essay?"
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