Question

The lady said to salesman,"what is the price of the barbic doll?"the salesman said to her,"It is a bit expensive .but i can give you at 20%discount.

Answer 1

the lady asked the salesman what the price of the Barbie doll was.The salesman told her it was a bit expensive but he could give her at 20% discount.

Answer 2

Answer :

This question is based on direct and indirect speech.

The given sentence is in direct speech.

Direct Speech : The lady said to salesman, "What is the price of the Barbie doll ? "The salesman said to her, "It is a bit expensive but I can give you at 20% discount."

Cambridge English Dictionary defines "direct speech" as "When you use direct speech, you repeat what someone has said using exactly the words they used."

The given sentence, correctly converted to indirect speech, is :

Indirect Speech : The lady asked the salesman what the price of the Barbie doll was. The salesman replied that it was a bit expensive but he could give it to her at 20% discount.

Cambridge English Dictionary defines "indirect speech" as "the act of reporting something that was said, but not using exactly the same words."