Question

the man said to me, " when did you pass the H.S.L.C examination?"​

Answer 1

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The man said to me, " when did you pass the H.S.L.C examination?" (Change into Indirect Speech)

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The man asked me when I passs the H.SL.C examination.

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In form of Direct Speech:

• The actual words of the speaker are put within inverted commas (" ")

• A comma(,)is used before these words,seperating them from the first part of the sentence.

• The qouted words begin with a Capital letter.

In form of Indirect Speech:

• Here,the qouted words are not in inverted commas,but are introduced by conjunction 'that'.

• There is no comma after Reporting Verb 'said.'

• The tense of the Reporting Verb is never changed.

Rules to Change Direct Speech into Indirect Speech in forms of Interrogative Sentence.

• Rule1:

Whether or if is added,if the Reported Speech admits 'yes' or 'no.'

• Rule2:

But whether or if is not used if the Reported Speech is introduced by an interrogative pronoun or adjective or an adverb then when,why,which, where are added.

• Rule3:

Then the question form is changed into one of a statement. The conjunction 'that' is never used in such cases.

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Thus as a general rule in which there may be exceptions,we change:

• now⤍then

• this⤍that

• these⤍those

• here⤍there

• just⤍then

• came⤍go

• ago⤍before

• thus⤍so

• last night⤍the night before

• today⤍that day or the same day

• tomorrow⤍the day or the following day

• yesterday⤍the day before or the previous day.

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