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Q: Change the following sentence from Direct speech into Indirect Speech. Rakesh said to me, 'Will you give me your friend's mobile number?'
  • A. Rakesh asked me if he would give me his friend's mobile number.
  • B. Rakesh asked me if would give me his friend's mobile number.
  • C. Rakesh asked me to give him his friend's mobile number.
  • D. Rakesh asked me if I would give him my friend's mobile number.
Correct Answer: Option D - Reported speech of the above direct sentence is in interrogative sentence. Its indirect speech will be made from the following changes- 1. 'Said to' chaged into 'asked'. 2. Conjuntion 'If' will be used in place of comma and inverted comma. 3. According to narration rule tense and pronoun will be changed. Correct sentence- Rakesh asked me if I would give him my friend's mobile number.
D. Reported speech of the above direct sentence is in interrogative sentence. Its indirect speech will be made from the following changes- 1. 'Said to' chaged into 'asked'. 2. Conjuntion 'If' will be used in place of comma and inverted comma. 3. According to narration rule tense and pronoun will be changed. Correct sentence- Rakesh asked me if I would give him my friend's mobile number.

Explanations:

Reported speech of the above direct sentence is in interrogative sentence. Its indirect speech will be made from the following changes- 1. 'Said to' chaged into 'asked'. 2. Conjuntion 'If' will be used in place of comma and inverted comma. 3. According to narration rule tense and pronoun will be changed. Correct sentence- Rakesh asked me if I would give him my friend's mobile number.