Question

she said"are you going anywhere"?​

Answer 1

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

Example: He said,"I have a plan." (Direct)

                He said that he had a plan. (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 is contains an interrogation, then 'said' changes to 'asked'. Punctuation marks other than a full stop (.) cannot be used in indirect/reported speech.

She said,"Are you going anywhere?" (Direct)

She asked if I was going anywhere. (Indirect)

Answer 2

Question:-

Change to Indirect Speech:

She said,"Are you going anywhere?"

Answer:-

He asked if I was going anywhere.

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.