Foundation
English
Punctuation
Sentences
Transformation of Sentences
Question
When the Brahmin approached, the first thief said, 'Why do you carry a dog on your back? Are you not ashamed ?'
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Solution
Solution: When the Brahmin approached, the first thief asked why he carried a dog on his back and if he was not ashamed.
Explanation: When we report a sentence in our own words or without quoting the exact words of the speaker, it is called Indirect Speech.
Explanation: When we report a sentence in our own words or without quoting the exact words of the speaker, it is called Indirect Speech.
Here, quoted sentence or reported clause is in the form of question, so the reporting verb 'asked' will come. Tense of reported clause changes from simple present to simple past. 'You' will change into 'he'. Moreover, when the question begins from an interrogative word like when, where etc, that word will remain same.
Note:- When the question is not introduced by an interrogative word, the reporting verb is followed by whether or if.