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How do words change direct to indirect speech?
Rules for changing Direct into Indirect Speech Present Tenses in the Direct Speech are changed into Past Tense. If the reporting or principal verb is in the Past Tense. If in direct speech you find say/says or will say. Words expressing nearness in time or places are generally changed into words expressing distance.
How did he get it change this sentence into indirect speech?
Direct Speech : “How did he get it? “,he asked. Indirect Speech : He inquired how had he got it .
How do you convert not into indirect speech?
The sentence begins with the negative helping verb ‘don’t’. So, indirect speech will be joined using the word ‘whether’. So, the sentence will be constructed as ‘I asked her whether she did not know the way home. ‘
How do I change not into indirect speech?
Barbara said, “I didn’t realise it was midnight.” In indirect speech, the original speaker’s words are changed. Barbara said she hadn’t realised it was midnight. In this example, I becomes she and the verb tense reflects the fact that time has passed since the words were spoken: didn’t realise becomes hadn’t realised.
How do you change WH to indirect speech?
When we report a Wh-question, we use a reporting verb like asked or enquired….Change the following direct speech into indirect speech.
- ‘What do you want?
- He said, ‘How’s your mother.
- He enquired, ‘When do you intend to pay me?
- ‘Do you really come from China?
Are you coming home with me he asked convert into indirect speech?
Answer: He asked if I was coming home with him.
How do you change a sentence into a WH question?
Forming wh-questions We usually form wh-questions with wh- + an auxiliary verb (be, do or have) + subject + main verb or with wh- + a modal verb + subject + main verb: Be: When are you leaving? Who’s been paying the bills? Do: Where do they live?