Change the following from direct to reported speech:
"Will you take part in the elocution competition?" the teacher asked John.
Change the following from direct to reported speech:
"Will you take part in the elocution competition?" the teacher asked John.
The correct option is B The teacher asked John if he would take part in the elocution competition.
The two ways of relating what a person has said are 1)direct and 2)indirect (reported speech).In direct speech, the original speaker's exact words are repeated. In indirect/reported speech, the exact meaning is expressed but not necessarily using the original speaker's exact words. Pronouns and possessive adjectives usually change from first or second person to the third person except when the speaker is reporting his own words. Sometimes a noun can be inserted to avoid doubt.
When we turn direct questions and exclamations into indirect speech, they are converted to affirmative statement .( ? and ! is not used).
Option B is correct as when we convert the given direct question to indirect speech which doesn't start with a question word, then if/whether is used, will is changed to would and you is changed to he.
The other options are wrong as will you and will can't be used.
The correct answer is B)The teacher asked John if he would take part in the elocution competition.
The two ways of relating what a person has said are 1)direct and 2)indirect (reported speech).In direct speech, the original speaker's exact words are repeated. In indirect/reported speech, the exact meaning is expressed but not necessarily using the original speaker's exact words. Pronouns and possessive adjectives usually change from first or second person to the third person except when the speaker is reporting his own words. Sometimes a noun can be inserted to avoid doubt.
When we turn direct questions and exclamations into indirect speech, they are converted to affirmative statement .( ? and ! is not used).
Option B is correct as when we convert the given direct question to indirect speech which doesn't start with a question word, then if/whether is used, will is changed to would and you is changed to he.
The other options are wrong as will you and will can't be used.
The correct answer is B)The teacher asked John if he would take part in the elocution competition.
