how are your parents? he said to her
who is this boy here?
whose car is this? the policeman said
who broke the windows? the teacher said
2006-10-05 00:02:44 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
turn the following into indirect speech
2006-10-05 00:35:54 · update #1
"Your parents's health is of interest to me," he said to her.
"I see a boy here and I don't know him."
"The owner of this car is needed for questioning," said the policeman.
"The window is broken and I don't know who broke it," the teacher said.
Basically, take the object and make it the subject and remove the direct question with an indirect statement.
Et voila - "polite speech".
2006-10-05 00:07:13 · answer #1 · answered by Grendle 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Basically, you need to take the speech marks out of the sentence. You are simply reporting what happened!
"How are your parents?" he said to her
He asked her how her parents were.
"Who is this boy here?"
They wondered who the boy in front of them was.
"Whose car is this?" the policeman said
The policeman asked who owned the car.
"Who broke the windows?" the teacher said
The teacher wanted to know who broke the windows.
(or, probably better - seeing as the question is about a broken window!): The teacher demanded that the person who broke the window own up immediately, or the whole class would get detention!!!!!
2006-10-05 11:27:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1> The policeman asked, "whose car is this?"
2> "Who is this boy?"
3>The Teacher asked, "who broke the window?"
2006-10-05 07:24:59 · answer #3 · answered by aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello,
Right, when using Indirect Speech, you are basically trying to explain what someone else said but without using the exact words that they said, for example if someone said:
"I'm going home."
The indirect speech would be:
He said he was going home.
So, with that in mind, your answers would be:
How are your parents? he said to her.
He asked her how her parents were or He wanted to know how her parents were.
Who is this boy here?
(On this one, you do not state who is doing the asking but it is all the same principle.)
He/she/the teacher/the policeman asked who the boy was, or He/she/the teacher/the policeman wanted to know who the boy was.
It could imply that you asked the question, in which case the indirect speech would be:
I asked who the boy was, or I wanted to know who the boy was.
Whose car is this? the policeman said.
The policeman asked whose car it was or The policeman wanted to know whose car it was.
Who broke the windows? the teacher said.
The teacher asked who broke the windows, or The teacher wanted to know who broke the windows.
All the above examples are correct usage of Indirect Speech (also known as Reported Speech).
Now... go and impress your teacher!
2006-10-05 07:48:51 · answer #4 · answered by anon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok i think i get it, but i could be wrong!
He asked how her parents were.
not sure on this one tbh
the policeman asked whose car it was.
the teacher asked who had broken the window
2006-10-05 07:08:59 · answer #5 · answered by Andromeda Newton™ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he asked her if how her parents were and who that boy there was.
the policeman asked if whose car was that.
the teacher asked if who broke the windows.
2006-10-05 07:58:36 · answer #6 · answered by Wanlaya 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He said to her how her parents was. (were)
He asked her who that boy there was.
The policeman said whose car that was.
The teacher said who had broken the windows.
2006-10-05 07:08:32 · answer #7 · answered by iyiogrenci 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he asked her that how were her parents
the policeman inquired that who was that boy there
the policeman asked that whose car was that
the teacher asked that who had broken the window
2006-10-05 10:45:07 · answer #8 · answered by kafoor 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He wanted to know how her parents were.
She wanted to know who the boy was.
The poilceman wanted to know who owned the car.
The teacher wanted to know who broke the windows.
2006-10-05 07:27:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋