Question

The old Man asked his son ,"why did you spread the news yesterday?" convert to reported speech

Answer 1

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

Example: She said,"I am going fishing." (Direct)

               She said that she was going fishing. (Indirect/Reported)

In the above example, when writing in indirect/reported form, the sentence changes according to its tense form. Also, modifications, regarding certain words like 'may' changes to 'might', 'can' changes to 'could', 'yesterday' changes to 'the previous day', 'today' changes to 'that day' and many other words will have to be made.

The old man asked his son,"Why did you spread the news yesterday?" (Direct)

The old man asked his son why he had spread the news the previous day. (Indirect)

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Answer 2

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Question About:- The given question is about the Direct and indirect speech.

Answer:-

The old man asked his son,"Why did you spread the news yesterday?".

• The old man asked his son that why did he spread the news yesterday.

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An action or information can be expressed in a sentence.

In English the sentences active or passive,direct or indirect.

• The actual words of te speaker with punctuation is called Direct speech.

• The meaning of the substance of the speakers is called Indirect speech.

• When the given sentence is universal fact then the sentence cannot be changed.

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