Interrogative sentence
There are some rules to change direct to Indirect speech of Interrogative sentence
we can say we can “asked” “demanded” in the place of “said” ( 2 ) No use of conjunction “that” .
( 3 )If interrogative sentence starts with auxiliary or helping verb than indirect sentence will start with “if” or “weather” .
( 4 ) If the sentence is start with integrative pronoun or adjective and interrogative adverb, indirect sentence also starts with these but without conjunction.
( 5 ) Interrogative sentence is converted in assertive sentence, for that we use subject before the verb and remove the interrogative mark .
( 6 ) Auxiliary verb (do, does) of reported speech is removed and use the past indefinite of main verb like
She said to Sita ,” Do you know him?”
She asked Sita whether she knew him.
There are some rules to change direct to Indirect speech of Interrogative sentence
- Change in helping verb (Is, are, am, was, who, has, have, had, will, can, could, do, does, did )
- Interrogative pronoun, adverb, adjective (what, whom, where, why, how, which , what )
Rules
( 1 ) We can change the verb of reporting speech according the sense, but shouldn't be changes in the sentence… likewe can say we can “asked” “demanded” in the place of “said” ( 2 ) No use of conjunction “that” .
( 3 )If interrogative sentence starts with auxiliary or helping verb than indirect sentence will start with “if” or “weather” .
( 4 ) If the sentence is start with integrative pronoun or adjective and interrogative adverb, indirect sentence also starts with these but without conjunction.
( 5 ) Interrogative sentence is converted in assertive sentence, for that we use subject before the verb and remove the interrogative mark .
( 6 ) Auxiliary verb (do, does) of reported speech is removed and use the past indefinite of main verb like
She said to Sita ,” Do you know him?”
She asked Sita whether she knew him.
( 7 ) Auxiliary verb of reported speech "did" is removed and past perfect form is used
( 9 ) Use past perfect form with not in indirect sentence in the place of “did not”
Solved Example
- I said to him, " did you go to school yesterday?"
- I asked him, " whether he had gone to school the previous day?
- He asked to belly, " do not know me?"
- He asked belly whether he did not know him.
( 9 ) Use past perfect form with not in indirect sentence in the place of “did not”
Solved Example
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He asked me if I liked books. (Not, did I like
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He asked me whether I liked books.
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