Change the given statement into Direct/Indirect speech

Question of The Day22-08-2020

Choose the most appropriate option to change the narration (direct / indirect) of the given sentence.

Rishab said to me, "How is the new interior designer’s work?"

Answer

Correct Answer : c ) Rishab asked me how the new interior designer’s work was.

Explanation :

The given sentence is in direct speech, we need to change it to indirect speech.

In indirect speech,

In case of interrogative sentences with wh- words, commas and inverted commas are replaced with wh- word itself and no use of ‘that’ is made.

Reporting verb (said to) is changed to asked/enquired.

Also, to change the interrogative to assertive/simple sentence,

Subject (the new interior designer’s work) +Verb (was) format is used in indirect speech.

Helping verb ‘is’ changes to ‘was’ because present simple tense changes to past simple.

The indirect form is – ‘Rishab asked me how the new interior designer’s work was.’

Therefore, the correct answer is option (c).

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