Question

REWRITE INTO INDIRECT SPEECH

1. "Did you see the woman yesterday?" said the girl to her mother.
2. He said, "Don't do it.​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. The girl asked her mother whether she saw the woman the previous day.
2. He ordered not to do that.

Answer 2

The answers are as follows:

1. The girl asked her mother if she had seen the woman the previous day.

2. He ordered not to do it.

• In this exercise, the sentences are given in the form of direct speech. We need to convert them into reported speech.

• The first question has an interrogative sentence. Since the question is in the simple past tense, it changes to the past perfect tense in the indirect speech.

• The second question has an imperative sentence. Thus, the reporting verb changes to 'ordered.'