Question

Ravi said, “Shall we start the game of chess?(Change into reported speech)

Answer 1

Answer:

• 'Change into reported speech' means it is said to turn the given direct speech into indirect speech.

• Given direct speech is : Ravi said, “Shall we start the game of chess? And the indirect speech is : Ravi asked if they should start the game of chess. Here 'they' has been used instead of 'we'.

• The given repoted speech is an Interrogative Sentence, that's why in indirect speech first we have to transfer the Interrogative Sentence into Assertive Sentence.

• Afterthat, here instead of 'said' asked has been used, 'if' has been used instead of introductory conjunction, and a 'full stop' is used at the end of the sentence instead of question mark.

• When direct speech turns into indirect speech then shall and will also turn into 'should' and 'would'.

Answer 2

Answer:

Ravi asked if they should start the game of chess.

or Ravi wanted to know whether they should start the game of chess.

Explanation:

This was a Helping-Verb Interrogative Case. While reporting such cases we apply the following rules:

1. Use conjunction 'if' or 'whether' to join the reporting verb with the speech to be reported.

2. Convert the interrogative into statement.

3. Change the pronouns and tenses as per the reported speech rules.