Question

Ramesh said to suresh,"why you are sketching on the wall? "

Answer 1

Answer:

Ramesh said to suresh,"why you are sketching on the wall? "

• Ramesh asked why he was sketching on wall.

Explanation:

• The reported speech: "why you are sketching on the wall? " is an interrogative sentence because it has a question mark and reported speech is written in past tense.
• Asked has been used instead of said.
• If reported speech starts with wh word, it remains at the place of a linker . That's why 'why' has been used as a linker. Usually 'if' or 'whether' is used as linker.
• Reported speech is changed according to reporting verb. Example is mentioned in the above sentence.

Answer 2

Answer:

Ramesh wanted to know from Suresh why he was sketching on the wall.

Explanation:

It was an interrogative case.  The reporting verb 'said to' is changed into 'asked', enquired' or 'wanted to know'.When we convert an interrogative sentence starting with wh- word, we don’t add any conjunction such as ‘that’, ‘if’ etc. We just use the wh-word and turn the question into statement. The other tense and pronoun changes are applied as per the reported speech rules.