In the following question, a sentence is given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives choose the one which best expresses the sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech. Ram said, "Why didn't you send your questions to me?"
In the following question, a sentence is given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives choose the one which best expresses the sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech. Ram said, "Why didn't you send your questions to me?" Correct Answer Ram enquired why I had not sent my questions to him.
The correct answer is Ram enquired why I had not sent my questions to him.
Key Points
- While changing the narration of an interrogative sentence, we need to follow steps
- Change 'said to' into asked, questioned, inquired, enquired, or interrogated.
- Question mark (?) should be changed into a full stop.
- The sentence will not be in interrogative form in Indirect Speech. This means that the helping verb is used after the subject.
- If the question can be answered in yes or no then conjunction if/ whether will be used. If the question is of 'wh family' no conjunction will be used.
- Simple past (did+not+ send) in Direct speech changes to Past perfect (had+not+sent) in Indirect speech.
- The second person 'you' is changed into first-person 'I' and 'me' is changed into 'him'.
- The correct sentence is Ram enquired why I had not sent my questions to him.
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Feb 20, 2025