Question

The student said ,"May I come in Sir/Mandam"? Change into indirect speech.​

Answer 1

The student asked the Sir/ Madam if he could come in.

Answer 2

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

Example: Calix said,"Should I do it?" (Direct)

                Calix asked if he should do it. (Indirect)

In the above example, when writing in indirect/reported form, the sentence changes according to its tense. Also, modifications regarding certain words like 'this' changes to 'that', 'tomorrow' changes to 'the next day', 'will' changes to 'would', 'can' changes to 'could' and many other words have to be made. Also, if the sentence is contains an interrogation, then 'said' changes to 'asked'. Punctuation marks other than a full stop (.) cannot be used in indirect/reported speech.

The student said,"May I come in Sir/Ma'am?" (Direct)

The student asked the sir/ma'am, if he might come it. (Indirect)