(a) Prateek told Raghav that he didn't feel well that day. Raghav asked respectfully how he could help him. (b) Prateek asked Raghav if he could take him to the doctor. Prateek replied in the affirmative.
In the above sentence, we have been provided a sentence that is in direct speech. It has been changed to indirect speech in the solution that has been provided.
Certain points should be kept in mind while making these conversions. They are as follows-
- All quotations should be completely removed.
- The tone of speech must be understood and the proper verb should be used. For example, a teacher while talking to the whole class generally announces something.
- There should be a change in the tense. The message should be in past tense or forms of past tense.
- The meaning of the sentence should remain unchanged.