Question

"is this the shortest way to the station?"asked the stranger to the passer by.-Narration​

Answer 1

The stranger asked the passer whether that was the shortest way to the station.

$\purple{Additional \: information :}$

• A conversation between two people ie between the first person and the second person is called direct speech.

• Example - Dev said to Chinmay, " I'll rock there."

• When the same dialogues are reported to a third person, it's called indirect speech.

• Example - Dev told Chinmay that he would rock there.

$\pink{Rules:}$

• All the tenses of the direct speech are converted to the past tense in the indirect speech, but if the sentence is already in past tense, it turns to past perfect tense.

• Example -

1. Kshitij said to Khushali, " We watch a movie daily.

=> Kshitij told Khushali that they watched a movie daily.

• If the direct speech is a universal truth, the tense of the sentence doesn't change in the indirect speech.

• Example -

1. Yash said, " The sun rises in the east."

=> Yash said that the sun rises in the east.

• If the reporting verb is in the present or future tense, the tense of the verb isn't changed in the indirect speech.

• Example -

1. Preksha says , " I write a letter. "

=> Preksha says that she writes a letter.

• If the person addressed to, reports the speech, the second person in the direct speech becomes first person in the indirect speech.

• Example -

1. Mayank said to me , "You're a genius."

=> Mayank told me that I was a genius.

Answer 2

Answer:

The stranger asked the passer whether that was the shortest way to the station.

\purple{Additional \: information :}Additionalinformation:

A conversation between two people ie between the first person and the second person is called direct speech.

Example - Dev said to Chinmay, " I'll rock there."

When the same dialogues are reported to a third person, it's called indirect speech.

Example - Dev told Chinmay that he would rock there.

\pink{Rules:}Rules:

All the tenses of the direct speech are converted to the past tense in the indirect speech, but if the sentence is already in past tense, it turns to past perfect tense.

Example -

1. Kshitij said to Khushali, " We watch a movie daily.

=> Kshitij told Khushali that they watched a movie daily.

If the direct speech is a universal truth, the tense of the sentence doesn't change in the indirect speech.

Example -

1. Yash said, " The sun rises in the east."

=> Yash said that the sun rises in the east.

If the reporting verb is in the present or future tense, the tense of the verb isn't changed in the indirect speech.

Example -

1. Preksha says , " I write a letter. "

=> Preksha says that she writes a letter.

If the person addressed to, reports the speech, the second person in the direct speech becomes first person in the indirect speech.

Example -

1. Mayank said to me , "You're a genius."

=> Mayank told me that I was a genius.