Rewrite the following sentences in indirect speech.
The nurse said to the patient, 'Has the pain become worse?'
b *Did you know that I am your cousin's colleague?' said Kala to me.
He said to you, What is the price of this tray?'
d.
Are you walking with me to the beach?' the boy said to his friends.
'Where was Alka when the telephone rang?' they said to him.
f. Anju said to Neil, 'Which shirt did you send to the laundry?'
Everybody will say to her, 'How does it feel to be home?'
h. *Do you practise regularly?' said the coach to the athlete.
1. The guest said, 'Why is the room so stuffy?'
j "When can you meet me?' Prem said to his daughter.
Answers
Answer:
a. The nurse said to the patient, 'Has the pain become worse?'
The nurse asked the patient if the pain had become worse.
b *Did you know that I am your cousin's colleague?' said Kala to me.
Kala asked me if I knew that she was my cousin's colleague.
c. He said to you, What is the price of this tray?'
He asked you what the price of that tray was.
d. Are you walking with me to the beach?' the boy said to his friends.
The boy asked his friends if he was walking with him to the beach.
e. 'Where was Alka when the telephone rang?' they said to him.
They asked him where Alka was when the telephone rang.
f. Anju said to Neil, 'Which shirt did you send to the laundry?'
Anju asked Neil which shirt she had sent to the laundary.
g. Everybody will say to her, 'How does it feel to be home?'
Everybody will ask her how it feels to be home.
h. *Do you practise regularly?' said the coach to the athlete.
The coach asked the athlete if he practised regularly.
i. The guest said, 'Why is the room so stuffy?'
The guest asked why the room was so stuffy.
j "When can you meet me?' Prem said to his daughter.
Prem asked his daughter when she could meet him.
Explanation:
while converting the Yes/No question you need to add if or whether before the question. Also, the sentence order will change to Subject, Verb, Object as it doesn't remain a question after changing. The question mark is also omitted.
In case of W.. question, the W... word is added before the SVO structure.
Hope it helps you.