Question

The teacher said to the boys , "Are you ready to take your test​

Answer 1

The teacher asked the boys if they were ready to take their test.

Explanation:

• The teacher asked the boys if they were ready to take their test.
• In English grammar, there are two types of narration.
• Direct narration and indirect narration.
• In direct narration, the exact words of the speaker are quoted while in indirect narration the words are reported by a third person.
• The coordinating conjunction "by" is used in the indirect narration.