Question

Сhange the following sentences into indirect speech. "Why haven't you tidied the room?" asked my mother.

Answer 1

My mother asked me why I hadn't tidied the room.

Answer 2

To change the given sentence into indirect speech, we need to report what was said without using the exact words from the direct speech. In this case, the direct speech is "Why haven't you tidied the room?" and it was asked by my mother.

To convert this into indirect speech, we can use reporting verbs like "asked" or "inquired" and make necessary changes to the sentence structure and verb tense. Here's how we can do it:

My mother asked why I hadn't tidied the room.

In this indirect speech sentence, we have made the following changes: 1. The question mark has been replaced with a comma. 2. The pronoun "you" has been changed to "I" to reflect the change in perspective. 3. The past perfect tense "hadn't tidied" has been used instead of the present perfect tense "haven't tidied" to reflect the change from direct to indirect speech.

Please note that the exact changes may vary depending on the context and reporting verb used.