"why did you throw it away?" said father to his son.
change into indirect sppech
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Father asked his son that why he had thrown that away
Indirect/Reported Speech refers to a dialogue being told to a third person/reporting what happened to a third person.
Example: Elle said,"I'm feeling bored." (Direct)
Elle said that she was feeling bored. (Indirect)
In the above example, when writing in indirect/reported form, the sentence changes according to its tense. Also, modifications regarding certain words like 'this' changes to 'that', 'tomorrow' changes to 'the next day', 'will' changes to 'would', 'can' changes to 'could' and many other words have to be made. Also, if the sentence contains an interrogation, then 'said' changes to 'asked'. Punctuation marks other than a full stop (.) cannot be used in indirect/reported speech.
"Why did you throw it away?" said the father to his son. (Direct)
The father asked his son why he had thrown that away. (Indirect)