Narration Change of Interrogative Sentence 100+Example

Narration Change of Interrogative Sentence [Direct and Indirect Speech]

Narration Change of Interrogative Sentence is very simple if you follow the rules as mentioned earlier. The rules have been highlighted with examples step by step. If a reader reads the article, he will get interested and start learning. At last, I have given more than 100 exercises with answers.

Narration Change of Interrogative Sentence

How to Identify Interrogative Sentence

It is very easy to identify interrogative sentences. If you find the below points in the sentence, you will be quite sure that the sentence is an interrogative sentence.

• The sentence ends with a question (?) mark.
• The sentence starts with a helping verb or wh-word.

Example:

1. When did you go there?
2. Who likes you the most?
3. How have you solved the problem?
4. Will you eat rice?
5. Do you play with me?
6. Did they call you?

Narration Change of Interrogative Sentence

Basic Rules of Narration Change

Some rules are mandatory for all types of sentences at the time of narration change. The rules are below.

1. How to identify direct and indirect speech
2. How to identify “Reporting Verb” and “Reported Speech”
3. How to identify “Sentence”
4. Change words or phrases [Direct to Indirect]
5. Change Tense [Direct to Indirect]
6. Change Person/ Noun/ Pronoun

All the rules or points have been highlighted in the previous post. Click here………

Narration Change of Interrogative Sentence

Narration Change of Interrogative Sentence

We change the “Reporting Verb” of direct speech into indirect speech according to the tense at the time of narration change. I have mentioned the reporting verb below.

 

Interrogative Sentence

Direct	Indirect
Say	Ask/Enquire of/Want to know
[,]	If, whether
[?]	[.]

When we change the direct speech of the interrogative sentence into the indirect, we use “Ask/Enquire/Want to know” instead of “Say”. Then we use “If/Whether” if the reported speech is yes/ no interrogative sentence. Next, we use a full stop instead of a question mark.

Direct: I said to her, ‘’Have you brought my book?

Indirect: I asked her if she had brought my book.

 

Direct: Rahim said to the girl, “why are you shouting?’’

Indirect: Rahim asked the girl why she was shouting.

 

Direct: The teacher said to me, “What is your name?”

Indirect: The teacher asked me what my name was.

Direct: He said to me, “Have you received a letter?’’

Indirect: He asked me if I had received a letter.

 

 

Yes or No Interrogative Sentence from Direct to Indirect Speech

Narration Change of Interrogative Sentence

Direct: The girl said to me, “Is the mango sweet?”

Indirect: The girl asked me if the mango was sweet.

 

Direct: The teacher said to me, “Are you ill?”

Indirect: The teacher asked me whether I was ill.

 

Direct: I said to him, “Do you know the man?”

Indirect: I asked/inquired of him if/whether he knew the man.

 

Direct: Nitai said to Mangal, “Will you help me?”

Indirect: Nitai asked Mangal if he would help him.

 

Direct: I said to Manish, “Did you see our cow?”

Indirect: I asked Manish if he had seen my cow.

 

Direct: The teacher said to the student, “Did you come to school yesterday?”

Indirect: The teacher asked the student whether he had come to school the previous day.

 

Direct: The teacher said to his students, “Can you answer this question?”

Indirect: The teacher asked his students if they could answer that question.

 

Direct: I said to Ratan, “Do you know my brother?”

Indirect: I asked Ratan whether he knew his brother.

 

Direct: Father said to me, “Do you have any problem?”

Indirect: Father asked me if I had any problem.

 

Direct: Mother said to me, “Did you eat anything last night?”

Indirect: My mother asked me if I had eaten anything the previous night.

 

Direct: I said to him, “Have you had your tea?”

Indirect: I asked him if he had had his tea.

 

Direct: He said, “Will you listen to such a man?”

Indirect: He wanted to know whether you would listen to such a man.

 

Direct: Ratan said to me, “Did you need money?”

Indirect: Ratan asked me if I had needed money.

 

 

Wh-word Interrogative Sentence from Direct to Indirect Speech

Narration Change of Interrogative Sentence

Direct: She said, “Who broke the glass?”

Indirect: She wanted to know who had broken the glass.

 

Direct: He said, “Whom have they made leader of the party?”

Indirect: He wanted to know whom they had made leader of the party.

 

Direct: The boy said to the man, “Whose mobile phone are you using now?”

Indirect: The boy asked the man whose mobile phone he was using then.

 

Direct: Ramen said to me, “Why do you look so sad and gloomy today?”

Indirect: Ramen asked me why I looked so sad and gloomy that day.

 

Direct: I said to the porter, “When does the next train come?”

Indirect: I asked the porter when the next train went.

 

Direct: Gita said to her mother, “Where have you kept my umbrella?”

Indirect: Gita asked her mother where she had kept her umbrella.

Direct: He said, “How can I do such a thing?”

Indirect: He wanted to know how I could do such a thing.

 

Direct: I asked the little boy, “What is your name?”

Indirect: I asked the little boy what his name was.

Direct: The man said, “Which bridge did you cross?”

Indirect: The man wanted to know which bridge you had crossed.

 

Direct: The teacher said to the boy, “Why were you absent yesterday?”

Indirect: The teacher asked the boy why he had been absent the previous day.

 

Direct: I said to her, “How are you?”

Indirect: I asked her how she was.

Direct: The police said to the thief, “How did you get inside the room?”

Indirect: The police asked the thief how he had gotten inside the room.

 

100+ Exercise Direct to Indirect Speech Interrogative Sentence

Narration Change of Interrogative Sentence

1. He said to me, “Will you borrow the phone?”
2. I said to the man, “Can you build a house?”
3. Brother said to us, “Should they miss the train?”
4. The man said to the guard, “Are the boys playing football in the field?”
5. The teacher said to us, “Have you seen tiger in the zoo?”
6. You said to his sister, “Was Bikash running in the morning?”
7. Rajib said to them, “Had Moumita been singing for two hours?”
8. My friend said to me, “Will you help me?”
9. Father said to me, “Did he go to the market?”
10. I said to Rita, “Did you phone me?”
11. The teachers said, “Did you buy the books?”
12. Rahim said, “Did they come here yesterday?”
13. He said to you, “Did Gopal eat rice last Sunday?”
14. You said to me, “Do you take tea daily?”
15. I said the man, “Do you teach English?”
16. He said to me, “Does your sister read English newspaper daily?”
17. Uncle said to me, “Does Rajesh study?”
18. I said the man, “Do the trees give us fruits?”
19. I say to you, “Have you a pen?”
20. I said to Khakan, “Are you busy now?”
21. I say to mother, “Have you cooked rice?”
22. He says to me, “Are you well?”
23. Sumon says to you, “Are you sad?”
24. He said to me, “Do you love me?”
25. Mitali said to Kabita, “Are you a mad?”
26. They said to me, “Do you know english?”
27. She said, “Must you be rude?”
28. He asked me, “Must I go so soon?”
29. He said, “Were you OK?”
30. He asked her, “Can you dance on the stage?”
31. The teacher said to me, “Had you read the book?”
32. He said, “Is honey not sweet?”
33. The boy said to me, “Will you tell me a story?”
34. The lady said to me, “Have you heard the sound?”
35. The passerby said to me, “Can you tell me the man’s address?”
36. I said the boy, “Could you cross the river?”
37. The man said to the girl, “Were you asking the question repeatedly?”
38. The students said to the teacher, “Should she apply for a new job?”
39. The coach said, “Would you practice cricket?”
40. I said to my friend, “Do you take coffee?”
41. I said to your brother, “Can Madan break the door?”
42. Mother said to me, “Should you go there?”
43. The teacher said to the parents, “Would they go to school along this way?”
44. The driver said to us, “Must you take tea here? “
45. My father said to me, “Did you taken bath yesterday?”
46. I said to you, “Will you meet with me?”
47. The man said to her, “Was the baby leaping on the bed?”
48. Your elder brother said to me, “Are you sleeping now?”
49. I said to you, “Do you know the teacher?”
50. He said to Sumona, “Have you caught fish in the river?”
51. She said to me, “What are you doing in the room?”
52. She said to me, “When will you come back?”
53. The man asked the doctor, “When will I take medicine?”
54. She said the boy, “Which picture do you like best?”
55. I said to him, “How many times do you practice spoken English at home?”
56. The man said to her, “When do you get up?”
57. Nabin said to her, “What do you want?”
58. The student said to the teacher, “What does this word mean?”
59. The teacher said to the students, “Why are you shouting in the class?”
60. My friends said to me, “Where are you going next week?”
61. He said to me, “When will our exam start?”
62. The doctor said to the nurse, “How is the patient today?”
63. The traveler said, “How far is Kolkata from here?”
64. He said to me, “What are you doing?”
65. I said to him, “What do you do?”
66. The man said to me, “Where do I live?”
67. The passerby said to me, “What is the time by your watch?”
68. Dipa said to Madhabi, “Where are you going now?”
69. The passenger said, “When will the train start?”
70. I said to the man, “Why did you beat the boy?”
71. The boy said to the girl, “Whom do you love?”
72. I said to him, “Whom is he calling?”
73. He said to me, “Whom can they help?”
74. They said to you, “Whom have the police arrested?”
75. My friend said to me, “Whom are you teaching English?”
76. The man said to us, “Whom have they seen there?”
77. Priya said to Sonali, “Whom did you offer a cup of tea?”
78. I said to her, “Whom should he borrow money?”
79. The man said to me, “Whom did you tell the event?”
80. He said to us, “Whom had India defected?”
81. Your friend said to me, “To whom do they learn English?”
82. Your father said to you, “With whom is she going to kolkata?”
83. You said to me, “Who are you?”
84. I said to him, “Who were there?”
85. I said to my sister, “Who are going with you?”
86. She said to you, “How is your mother?”
87. The boy said to the man, “How does the girl look?”
88. The man said to me, “How far is your house from here?”
89. The passerby said to him, “How far is airport?”
90. The teacher said to Ratan, “How can Tamal pass the exam?”
91. I said to the girl, “Where have they lost the key?”
92. The teacher said to the students, “Where has the boy lost his pen?”
93. My mother said, “Where are you searching the phone?”
94. We said to his father, “Where will Gopal start a new business?”
95. They said, “Where should they donate money?”
96. I said the man, “When did you sell the house?”
97. She said, “When will you lodge an F.I.R?”
98. Mohan said, “When could he return the money?”
99. The man said to the boy, “What are you looking for?”
100. I said to him, “What is he watching?”

The answer to the Above Exercises

Direct and Indirect Speech Interrogative Sentences

Narration Change of Interrogative Sentence

1. He asked me if I would borrow the phone.
2. I asked the man if he could build a house.
3. Brother asked us if they should miss the train.
4. The man said the guard whether the boys were playing football in the field.
5. The teacher asked us if we had seen tiger in the zoo.
6. You asked his sister if Bikash had been running in the morning.
7. Rajib asked them if Moumita had been singing for two hours.
8. My friend asked me if I would help him.
9. Father asked me if he would go to the market.
10. I asked Rita if She had phoned me.
11. The teachers wanted to know if you had bought the books.
12. Rahim asked if they had gone there the previous day.
13. He asked you if Gopal had eaten rice the previous Sunday.
14. You asked me if I took tea daily.
15. I asked the man he taught English.
16. He asked me if my sister read English newspaper daily.
17. Uncle asked me if Rajesh studied.
18. I asked the man if the trees gave them fruits.
19. I asked you if you had a pen.
20. I asked Khakan if he was busy then.
21. I asked mother if she had cooked rice.
22. He asks me if I am well.
23. Summon asks you if you are sad.
24. He asked me if I loved him.
25. Mitali asked Kabita if she was a mad.
26. They asked me if I knew English.
27. She asked you have to be rude.
28. He asked me if he have to go so soon.
29. He wanted to know if you had been OK.
30. He asked her if she could dance on the stage.
31. The teacher asked me if I had read the book.
32. He wanted to know whether honey was not sweet.
33. The boy asked me if I would tell him a story.
34. The lady asked me if I had heard the sound.
35. The passerby asked me whether I could tell him the man’s address.
36. I asked the boy if he could cross the river.
37. The man asked the girl if she had been asking the question repeatedly.
38. The students asked the teacher if she should apply for a new job.
39. The coach asked if you would practice cricket.
40. I asked my friend if he took coffee.
41. I asked my brother if Madan could break the door.
42. Mother asked me if I should go there.
43. The teacher asked the parents if they would come to school along that way.
44. The driver asked us we have to take tea there.
45. My father asked me if I had taken bath the previous day.
46. I asked you if you would meet with me.
47. The man asked her if the baby had been leaping on the bed.
48. Your elder brother asked me if I had been sleeping then.
49. I asked you if you knew the teacher.
50. He asked sumona if she had caught fish in the river.
51. She asked me what I was doing in the room.
52. She asked me when he would come back.
53. The man asked the doctor when he would take medicine.
54. She asked the boy which picture he liked best.
55. I asked him how many times he practiced spoken English at home.
56. The man asked her when she got up.
57. Nabin asked her what she wanted.
58. The student asked the teacher what that word meant.
59. The teacher asked the students why they were shouting in the class.
60. My friends asked me where I was going the following week.
61. He asked me when their exam would start.
62. The doctor asked the nurse how the patient was that day.
63. The traveler wanted to know how far Kolkata was from there.
64. He asked me what I was doing.
65. I asked him what he did.
66. The man asked me where he lived.
67. The passerby asked me what the time was by my watch.
68. Dipa asked Madhabi where she was going then.
69. The passenger wanted to know when the train would start.
70. I asked the man why he had beaten the boy.
71. The boy asked the girl whom she loved.
72. I asked him whom he was calling.
73. He asked me whom they could help.
74. They asked you whom the police had arrested.
75. My friend asked me whom I was teaching English.
76. The man asked us whom they had seen there.
77. Priya asked Sonali whom she had offered a cup of tea.
78. I asked her whom he should borrow money.
79. The man asked me whom I had told the event.
80. He asked us whom India had defected.
81. Your friend asked me to whom they learnt English.
82. Your father asked you with whom she was going to Kolkata.
83. You asked me who I was.
84. I asked him who there had been.
85. I asked my sister who had been going with her.
86. She asked you how your mother was.
87. The boy asked you how the girl looked.
88. The man asked me how far my house was from there.
89. The passerby asked him how far was airport.
90. The teacher asked Ratan how Tamal could passed the exam.
91. I asked the girl where we had lost the key.
92. The teacher asked the students where the boy had lost his pen.
93. My mother wanted to know where you were searching the phone.
94. We asked his father where Gopal would start a new business.
95. They wanted to know where they should donate money.
96. I asked the man when he had sold the house.
97. She wanted to know when you would lodge an F.I.R.
98. Mohan wanted to know when he could return the money.
99. The man asked the boy what he was looking for.
100. I asked him what he was watching.

Read more:

• Basic Rules of Narration Change
• Narration Change (A to Z)
• Assertive Sentences Narration Change
• Degree Change
• Transformation of sentences (Simple/Complex and Compound)
• Joining of sentences
• Voice Change (A to Z)
• Transformation of sentences (Affirmative to Negative)
• Voice Change of Affirmative Sentences
• Imperative Sentences Narration Change
• Optative Sentences Narration Change
• Exclamatory Sentences Direct and Indirect Speech

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