Question

Turn the direct question into an indirect question
1. I said (to her), Are you happy?
2. He said (to me), can you play tennis?
3. She ask (to me), Who president at the meeting yesterday?
4. She said (to me), Do you eat meat?
5. I said to him, Will there be a meeting today?
6. THey said (to him), Where did the accident take place?
7. She said (to them), Why are you starting at me?

Answer 1

Answer:

1.I asked her if she was happy

2.He asked me if I could play tennis.

3.

4.She asked me if I ate the meat.

5.I said to him whether there a meeting that day was.

6.They asked him where the accident had taken place.

7.She asked them why they were starting at her.

Explanation:

*All the above questions are in interrogative.

*In the Yes or no questions we can use the connective linker "if or whether"

*But in the "wh" questions (when/where/how),

the interrogative pronoun is the linker.

*While we convert direct into indirect,the reported verb will be,

*Present tense into past tense

*Present continuous into past continuous

*Present perfect into past perfect

*Past tense into past perfect tense.

Answer 2

Answer:

• I asked her if she was happy.

• He asked me if I could play tennis.

• She asked me who was the president at the meeting the previous day.

• She asked me if I ate meat.

• I asked him whether there would be a meeting that day.

• They asked him where the accident had taken place.

• She asked them why they were starting at her.

More:

Direct Speech:

• Direct speech is used when the words spoken or written down are the actual words spoken by the same person.

Indirect Speech:

• Indirect or reported speech is used when a person reports direct speech that is he reports orally or writes down the words in an appropriate tense and refers to the original speakers or rights in the third person making other necessary changes.

Changes need to made:-

• Here - There
• Now - Then
• Ago - Before
• Last night - The previous night
• Today - That day

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