Question

The principal said to the girl, "How do you prepare for the examinations?"

Answer 1

Answer:

the principal asked the girl how she did prepare for the examination

Answer 2

◈Answer◈

❋ Direct☛Indirect:-

♦️Direct speech:

☛The principal said to the girl, "How do you prepare for the examinations?"

♦️Indirect speech(Answer):

☛The principal asked the girl how she prepared for the examinations.

❋General rule of D-I speech.

◉As in above question, The Direct Indirect speech is in Question form . Normal word order is used in reported questions, that is, the subject comes before the verb, and it is not necessary to use 'do' or 'did'. We can use modals ,like is , are , was etc.

◉This type of question is reported by using 'ask' (or another verb like 'ask') + question word + clause.

◉ For example:

♦️Direct- What is your name?" he asked me.

Indirect- He asked me what my name was.

♦️Direct- Have you got a computer?"

Indirect- He wanted to know whether I had a computer.

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