Question

"Where are we going, sir ?" Asked the aero-coachman. (Direct and Indirect speech)

Answer 1

The given direct speech sentence can be converted into indirect speech as shown and explained below:

The aero-coachman asked the team leader where they were going.

Explanation:

It was an interrogative case. When we convert an interrogative sentence starting with wh- word, we don’t add any conjunction such as ‘that’, ‘if’ etc. We just use the wh-word and turn the question into statement. The other tense and pronoun changes are applied as per the reported speech rules.

Answer 2

Answer:

Aero-Coachman asked the sir where they were going.

Explanation:

To change it to the indirect speech the past tense is used. The sentence in the indirect speech.