Question

"why did you tell lies? Don't you know that it is wrong to tell lies?" Said my father. (Change into reported speech)

Answer 1

Answer:

My father asked me why I told lies and if I know it is wrong to tell lies.

Answer 2

Here is the correct answer:

My father asked me why I had to told lies and further wanted to know if I didn't know that it was wrong to tell lies.

Explanation

First sentence was an interrogative case.  The reporting verb 'said to' is changed into 'asked', enquired' or 'wanted to know'.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.

The second sentence was a Helping-Verb Interrogative Case. While reporting such cases we apply the following rules:

1. Use conjunction 'if' or 'whether' to join the reporting verb with the speech to be reported.

2. Convert the interrogative into statement.

3. Change the pronouns and tenses as per the reported speech rules.