the cobbler is polishing shoes change into interrogative sentence
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Answer:
Is the cobbler polishing the shoes?
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Explanation:
The cobbler said to him, “Sir, may I polish your shoes?”
A. The cobbler asked him if he might polish his shoes.
B. The cobbler told him that Sir, if he might polish his shoes.
C. The cobbler asked him Sir, if he may polish his shoes.
D. The cobbler asked him respectfully if he might polish his shoes.
Right Answer is:
SOLUTION
The given sentence is in interrogative form. ‘Said to’ will change to ‘asked’ in the indirect
narration. If in direct speech sentences sir/Madam/ Your Honour are used, then in indirect speech it is converted to ‘respectfully’. The conjunction ‘if/whether’ will be used to connect the reported and reporting part of the sentence. The pronoun of the reported speech ‘your’ is changed as per the object of the reporting speech ‘him’, i.e. to ‘his’ (we need a possessive pronoun here). The reported verb will be made assertive i.e. it is kept in the order of subject + verb form. Also, the tense of the reported verb is in simple present and it will change to simple past(may is changed to might) in the indirect narration. The
question mark(?) is removed and full stop will be used. Hence, option D is the correct
answer.