Seven Steps to convert Direct to Indirect Speech | Interrogative Sentence | Questions Type | Part 3

In this video, we are going to learn how to convert an interrogative sentence from direct speech to indirect speech.
we will first learn the types of interrogative sentences,
then we will revise steps on how we convert a statement from direct to indirect,
then we will understand at which steps we need to changes our logic to convert an interrogative sentence.
finally, we will look into various examples and I will provide you exercise to practice.
An interrogative sentence asks a question.
It is punctuated at the end with a question mark.
There are generally two types of questions :
Direct Questions and 'Yes/No Questions'
1. Direct Questions :
This type of question begins with a "question word" or "WH" words in English.
Which are these words? These are words like Who, What, Why, When, Where, How.
2. Yes/No type of Questions
They generally start with a helping verb followed by the subject.
these are words like 'is, am, are, was, were, do, did,..'
These questions are designed to be answered simply with either a yes or a no.
There are three important changes when we are given an interrogative sentence for conversion, rest all things remain the same.
1. Change of Reporting Verb.
2. Replacement of inverted comma.
3. Conversion of the question into a statement.
Please watch the entire video to understand all of them in depth.
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1. They asked us whether we were Indian. 2. He asks her why the baby is crying. Explanation:- RV in the present tense so the tense in the reported speech does not change. 3. She asked them whether they would like to join her for walk then.

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They asked us if/ weather we were Indian.

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Answers of the exercise (19:15): 1. They asked us if we were Indian. 2. He asks her why the baby is crying. 3. She asked them if they would like to join her for a walk then. Sir are these answers correct?

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They asked us if we were Indian.

[@saraswathitvr6593]

He asks her why the baby is crying.

[@saraswathitvr6593]

She asked them if they would like to join her for a walk.

[@kajalacharya6210]

You missed to put then​@@saraswathitvr6593

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Answer for the exercise ( 19:17 ) 1. They asked us if we were Indian. 2. He asks her why the baby was crying. 3. She asked them if they would like to join her for a walk.

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Sister, 1.we should convert us into we not they 2.as reported verb is in present we should change tense in reported speech

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Exercise 1. They asked us if we were Indian. 2. He asks her why the baby was crying. 3. She asked them whether they would like to join for a walk then.

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1) They asked us if we were Indian. 2) He asks her why the baby was crying. 3) She asked them if they would like to join her for a walk then.

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They aked us if we were Indian/Pakistani . They asked her why the baby was crying. She asked them if they would like to join her for a walk. ❤love the way you teach.😊

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Now will change to then.

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why you changes asks into asked?

[@Mecannce]

2nd one is wrong

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1 They ashed us if we were Indians 2 He asks her why the baby is crying 3 She asked them if they would like to join her for a walk then .

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1. They asked us if we were Indian. 2. He asks her why the baby is crying. 3. She asked them if they would like to join her for a walk then.

[@pkgamers5166]

Baby was crying

[@pkgamers5166]

Except that all are correct

[@utube4395]

1. They asked us if we are indian

[@utube4395]

2. He asks her why the baby was crying

[@virendragupta3750]

@@pkgamers5166 the reporting verb is in present tense therefore there will be no change in the tense of reported speech.

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1. They asked us whether we were indian. 2. He asks her why the baby is crying. (no change in tense present in reported speech as RV is in present tense) 3. She asked them whether they would like to join her for a walk then.

[@vinittirodkar5906]

wrong

[@shyamagrawal476]

Could you please tell me my mistake

[@karansrivastava2499]

@@shyamagrawal476 Yes! The 2 din sentence will be He asks her why the baby is crying?

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@@karansrivastava2499 question mark at the last won't be there

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[@nikhilsharma8578]

2nd one is wrong

[@boobathysaranya]

Second one is wrong

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Baby was

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Second one is wrong the answer will be he asks her why was the baby crying.

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They asked us if we were indians. He asks her why the baby is crying. She asked them if they would like to join her for a walk then.

[@srinivasareddy1643]

I think ur second conversion is wrong I think he asks her why the baby was crying

[@somasingha1845]

@@srinivasareddy1643 no your one is wrong, verb does not change if reporting verb is in simple tense

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Direct que(wh,how) Yes /no que(am,was,do)

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[@shetty1117]

Baby was crying , if correct notice me

[@Souravfamilyjoshi]

In second sentence is will convert to was

[@Rinku_Singh01]

@@shetty1117 no it's correct reporting verb is in present so no change will occur

[@Rinku_Singh01]

@@Souravfamilyjoshi no change will occur Because reporting verb is in present tense

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1. They asked us whether we were Indian 2. He asked her why the baby was crying. 3. She asked them if they would like to join her for a walk then

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Sir the answers of the exercise are 1. They asked us if we were Indian. 2. He asks her why is the baby crying.( Here we won't do any change because asks = says to as reporting verb is in present form so the question will be written as it is.) 3. She asked them if they would like to join her for a walk then.

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you have not changed tense in first line

[@megharanjit6117]

I guess ( not sure ) They asked us if / whether we were India.

[@shanal0]

It is wrong

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[@worldvoice101]

2. He asks her why the baby is crying. We won't do any tensechange but the question will be written as statement.

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You 2 is wrong there is asks so there will be no change of tense

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1. They asked us whether we were Indian 2. He asked her why the baby was crying. 3. She asked them if they would like to join her for a walk then Love your explanation!

[@aanya6230]

In 2 it will be ask only it won't change

[@kanavjainn]

No @@aanya6230, as according the rule, simple present changes to simple past. So "asks" will change to "asked". You can refer to the workflow given here 7:26

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@@kanavjainn it works only for reporting speech not verb

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Ant replied if/whether it was helping to lay up food for the winter

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1*They asked us if we were Indian. 2*He asked her why the baby was crying. 3*She asked them if they would like to join her for a walk then.

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I had a doubt could you plz tell In the third part why isn't like changed to liked

[@modernexperiment9891]

@@maheshsantlani5915 Because verb will not change when the main verb is " Will, shall, would,or should. "Ok Thank you

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Urs third one is incorrect it should be *would like*

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He asks her why the baby is crying. )(RV in preset so no need to change it )

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She asksed them if they liked to join her for a walk then

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1.They asked us if we were Indian. 2.He asks her why the baby is crying. 3.She asked them if they had liked to join her for a walk then

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1.They asked us,"Are you Indian"? Ans: They asked us if we were Indian. 2.He asks her,"Why is the baby crying?" Ans: He asks her why the baby is crying. 3.She said to them,"would you like to join me for a walk now? Ans: She asked them if they would like to join her for a walk then. Any mistakes sir??

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Heyy... The second one isn't ryt ig..it's he asks her, why the baby was crying...it isn't "is crying "

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