Indirect speech
'Can you read the last line on the chart?' the oculist asked her.
The oculist asked her if she could read the last line on the chart.
'Did they understand what you said to them?' he asked me.
He inquired whether they had understood what I had said to them.
'Are you being attended to, sir?' said the shop assistant.
The shop assistant asked the customer if he was being attended to.
'Will you go on strike when the others do?' the shop steward asked him.
The shop steward asked him if he would go on strike when the others did.
'Do you see what I see, Mary?' said the young man.
The young man asked Mary if she saw what he saw.
'Who left the banana skin on the front doorstep?' said my mother. xD
My mother asked who had left the banana skin on the front doorstep.
'Have you gone completely mad?' I asked. “Do you want to blow us all up?'
I asked him if he had gone completely mad and if he wanted to blow us all up.
'Why is your house so full of antiques?' she asked. 'Was your father a collector?'
She asked why his house was so full of antiques and whether his father had been a collector.
'Are you leaving today or tomorrow morning?' said his secretary.
His secretary asked if he was leaving that day or the following morning.
'How far is it?' I said, 'and how long will it take me to get there?'
I asked how far it was and how long it would take me to get there.
'Could I speak to Mrs Pitt?' said the caller.
The caller asked if he could speak to Mrs Pitt.
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