Question

'Why is this happening to me now"? he thought (change in reported speech )

Answer 1

He thought that why this happening to him now

Answer 2

He thought why was that happening to him then.

• the above sentence is in indirect speech.
• the given sentence is in direct speech because the exact words of the speaker is quoted with the quotation marks.
• but when we convert the direct speech to indirect speech then quotation marks are removed and first person is converted to second or third person.
• we also change now to then and this to that.