Interrogative Sentences
Helping Verb
Model Sentences
| Direct Speech |
Indirect Speech |
| 1. The man said to me,"Are you going to meet me tonight after dinner?" |
The man asked me if I was going to meet him tonight after dinner. |
| 2. The man said,"Am I contesting general elections?" |
The man asked if he was contesting general elections. |
| 3. Rehman said to Nasima,"Are you fighting with your brother over a trifle?" |
Rehman asked Nasima if she was fighting with her brother over a trifle. |
| 4. He said to medical practitioner,"Will you treat this patient?" |
He asked medical practitioner if he would treat that patient. |
| 5. Arif said to his old servant,"Do you want my help in your old age?" |
Arif asked his old servants if he wanted his help in his old age. |
| 6. I said to them,"May you have to face dangerous consequences?" |
I asked them if they might have to face dangerous consequences. |
| 7. Mother said to my younger sister,"Had you finished domestic chores?" |
Mother asked my younger sister if she had finished domestic chores. |
Rules of Conversion:- To convert these sentences into indirect narration following instructions must be observed.
- Change say to ask, says to asks and said to asked.
- Conjunction If or whether will be written in the place of inverted commas.
- Change pronouns of reported speech according to rules stated in change of pronouns lesson.
- Change tenses of reported speech according to rules stated in change of tenses lesson.
- Reported speech will be written in positive /affirmative sense.
Exercise No.6
Change the voice.
- She says,"Am I looking?"
- He said,"Was I not looking handsome?"
- Ali said to me,"Will you attend staff meeting in your office?"
- We said to her,"Can you solve this puzzle?"
- Summan said to Emaan,"Does she know everything about him?"
- She said to Ali,"Did I not telephone you in the morning?"
- Author said to me,"Have you learnt difficult questions from my book on Mathematics?"
- General Manager said to Supervisor,"Is it fine if I transfer you to Lahore?"
- Arslan said to his father in the party,"Were you serious about our immediate marriage?"
- Teacher said to the students,"Do we have a belief in God and religious teachings?"
- Teacher interrogated the students,"Do you like math, is it your favourite subject or you feel solving questions a dull practice?"
- Teacher said to the students in the class,"Will anyone participate in Annual Intercollegiate Sports Festival?"
- Doctor said to the patient,"Are you still feeling anxiety or getting better with the passage of time? If you are not, I can give you further treatment."
- My friend said to me,"Did you go to the college and attended your classes properly? Why did you not show good results?"
- Ahmad said to his teacher,"Will you visit our village? Will you give us pleasure of hosting you? We shall look forward to your visit to our village eagerly."