Question

"will no one tell me what she sings"? (narration change)​

Answer 1

QuesTion :-

"Will no one tell me what she sings"?

※ The narration is in Direct Speech.

※ The narration is to be changed in Indirect Speech.

※ The speaker is unknown.

※ The listener is also unknown

※ We can omit the 'listener'.

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AnswEr :-

➩ I asked if no one will tell me what she sings.

Or

➩ He asked if no one will tell him what she sings.

Or

➩ She asked if no one will tell him what she sings.

Or

[Any suitable pronoun or noun could be used.]

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Notes :-

❚➾ When Direct speech is changed into Indirect speech, the following are changed according to these certain rules :-

» Tenses

» Personal Pronouns and Possessives

» Words which denote nearness of time and nearness of position.

❚➾ When the verb inside the quotation marks expresses a Universal truth, don't change the tense.

❚➾ Do not change the tense if the reporting verb is in the Present or Future tense.