Father said to his son, "Where are you going"? The indirect speech of the above sentence is ________.
Father asked his son where he was going.
For reporting a Wh-question, 'said to' changes to 'asked', no 'that' is used, the question mark is dropped, and 'are' backshifts to 'was': "Father asked his son where he was going."
Important Questions from Direct and Indirect Speech
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
“How beautiful she is!” said Betty.
Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.
I told my parents not to worry about me.
Direction: Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
He said to me, “Your father is waiting for you at the reception.”
Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
He said to Manoj, “I celebrated my birthday two days ago.”
Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence.
Jayesh said to Diwakar, "You can top the class if you want to."
