Question

The astrologer said ,"will you give me 500 rupees if you find my answer satisfactorily"change into Indirect speech ​

Answer 1

The astrologer asked if I would give him 500 rupees if I found his answer satisfactory..

Answer 2

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

Example: He said,"I don't know the answer." (Direct)

                He said that he didn't know the answer. (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 contains an interrogation, then 'said' changes to 'asked'. Punctuation marks other than a full stop (.) cannot be used in indirect/reported speech.

The astrologer said,"Will you give me 500 rupees if you find my answer satisfactory?" (Direct)

The astrologer asked if I would give him 500 rupees if I found his answer satisfactory. (Indirect)