Indirect Speech for question sentences - Rules “The basic rules for converting Direct Speech (question sentences) into Indirect Speech areas follows: Examples are at the end. 41. Comma and irverted commas willbe removed. 2. The conjunction that” will no be used in Incirect Spesch (n question sertence). The Conjunction “that” is used in Indirect spaech of all postive sentences 2. In indirect speech, tne question sentence will be expressed in assertive (positive) form instead of intetrogative form, 4. Question mark (2) will not be used in indirect speach af interrogative sentance 5. The verb such as 's2y" or tel’ (e.g. he said or she said) in direct speech is replaced with verb such ‘ask or inquire’ (eg. he asked, she inquired) in indirect speech. ‘The above rules are common for all cuestion-sentences. Apart from these common rules, there are few'specific rules which apply according to the type of question in sentence. ‘There are two types of question-sentence 41. Question whien can be answered with YES or NO 2. Question wich cannot be arswered only win YES of NO, but requites a detaled answer. ‘Such questions usually start with ‘what, why. how. when e-.c” Examples: * Doyou like mango? (Such a question can be answered by saying only YES or No) * What are you doing? (Such a question cannot be answered by Yes or No but it requires a bit explanationi.e. lam listening to music) ‘The specific rules according to type of question are as follows: (Questions that can be answered with "YES or NO” “To make indirect speech of such questions, the word if" or "whether" will be used in Indirect Speech. Both the words “if” or “whether” can beused interchangeably. Examples: