Question

What is the matter ?!" asked hur husband.change in indirect​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Her husband asked what the matter was

Answer 2

Question:-

Change the given sentence to indirect speech.

❖ "What is the matter?", asked her husband.

Answer:-

Her husband asked her what was the matter.

⇝ Here, we have removed the quotation marks (" "), Question mark (?), Comma (,) and we have also changed the tense. It's given in Present Simple Tense, so we have changed it to Past Simple Tense as per the rule.

ᏞᎬᎪᎡN ᎷOᎡᎬ:

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• Direct Speech- Saying exactly what someone has said is called direct speech.
• Ex:- She said, "I am writing a letter to my mother".

• Indirect Speech- Reporting someone's thought which he/she had said, without using that person's exact words. It is also called as Reported speech.
• Ex:- She told that she was writing a letter to her mother.

ᴡᴇ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴇɴsᴇ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ sᴛᴀᴛᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ᴄʜᴀɴɢɪɴɢ ɪᴛ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴅɪʀᴇᴄᴛ sᴘᴇᴇᴄʜ ᴛᴏ ɪɴᴅɪʀᴇᴄᴛ sᴘᴇᴇᴄʜ:

• Present Simple → Past Simple
• Present Continuous → Past Continuous
• Present Perfect → Past Perfect
• Present Perfect Continuous → Past Perfect Continuous
• Past Simple → Past Perfect
• Past Continuous → Past Perfect Continuous
• Past Perfect - No change
• Past Perfect Continuous - No change