When there
is an Interrogative Sentence in the Reported Speech, the following rules must
be followed:
“said to” of the Reporting verb must be converted to the
word, “asked” or “inquired of”, because someone asks a question.
Make the word arrangement as it must take the form of simple
Assertive Sentence, i.e; Subject + Verb+ Object.
If the Interrogative Sentence starts with an Interrogative
Word, there is no need to add any word.
If Interrogative Sentence startS with a helping verb, add the
word “if” or “whether” to connect Reporting and Reported Speech.
Replace the Mark of Interrogation (?) with a full stop (.)
mark, so that it must represent the Simple Assertive Sentence.
Indirect: Ajay asked Rabi what he had
done.
Direct: He
said to me,” Why did you steal my pen from this box?”
Indirect: He
asked me why I had stolen his pen from that box.
Yes-no question is formed with the use of auxiliary verbs such as – am, is, are, was, were, do, did, can, shall, will, have, has, may.
Indirect: He
asked me if I was working that day.
Direct: He asked her, “Do you need something?”
Indirect: He
asked her if she needed something.
- He asked me, “How are you?”
- Rani said to Tani, “Who is your father?”
- I asked her, “Will you give me a pen.”
- He said to us,” What will you do with this money here?”
- She said to her brother,” Where are you going with these boys now?”
- He said to me,” Where is your mother going?”
- He said to me,” Are you going to school now?”
- You said to him,” Have you broken my jug today?”
- We said to her,” Did you beat our servant yesterday?”
- She asked the stranger,” What is your name?”
- She said to her brother,” Were you feeling any pain in your chest yesterday?”
- He said to them,” Will you be going to Karachi by the morning train tomorrow?”
- The old man said to the beggar,” Were you knocking at my door just now?”
- He said to me,” Where have you been all these days?”
- She said to Nadeem,” What were you doing yesterday?”