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Rule 4 – Direct Speech to Indirect Speech Conversion –

Interrogative Sentences

•No conjunction is used, if a sentence in direct speech begins with

a question (what/where/when) as the “question-word” itself acts as a

joining clause.

Direct to indirect speech example

Direct: “Where do you live?” asked the boy.

Indirect: The boy enquired where I lived.

•If a direct speech sentence begins with an auxiliary verb/helping

verb, the joining clause should be if or whether.

Direct to indirect speech example

Direct: She said, „Will you come for the party‟?

Indirect: She asked whether we would come for the party.

•Reporting verbs such as „said/ said to‟ changes to enquired, asked,

or demanded.

Direct to indirect speech example

Direct: He said to me, „What are you wearing‟?

Indirect: He asked me what I was wearing.