Question

My friend said,'Hou are you getting along?'

Answer 1

Indirect/Reported Speech refers to a dialogue being told to a third person/reporting what happened to a third person.

Example: She said,"I'm on my way." (Direct)

                She said that she was on her way. (Indirect)

In the above example, when writing in indirect/reported form, the sentence changes according to its tense. Also, modifications regarding certain words like 'this' changes to 'that', 'tomorrow' changes to 'the next day', 'will' changes to 'would', 'can' changes to 'could' and many other words have to be made. Also, if the sentence contains an interrogation, then 'said' changes to 'asked'.Punctuation marks other than a full stop (.) cannot be used in indirect/reported speech.

My friend said,"How are you getting along?" (Direct)

My friend asked how I was getting along. (Indirect)

Answer 2

Question:-

Change to Indirect Speech:

My friend said, "How are you getting along?"

Answer:-

My friend asked how I was getting along.

Here,

The statement by the speaker was in Interrogative form. So, 'said' changed to 'asked'.

'Are' changed to 'was' with the change in tense.

'You' changed to 'I' as it was meant for the listener.

What is Direct/Indirect Speech ?

Direct Speech: It involves writing the actual words of the speaker within Inverted Commas.

Indirect Speech: It involves changing the words of the speaker by changing the tense to narrate to the some other person.