Read the following conversation. Now, complete the following sentences in reported speech. Arvind asked Priya if she 1. _____ for which Priya replied in the affirmative and said that they 2. ____. Priya further asked Arvind 3. _____. Arvind replied in the negative and said that 4. _____ every weekend. He further enquired 5. _____. Priya responded by saying that they 6. _____.
helped in taking care of her grandparents at home
took turns making sure they were alright
if he had grandparents living with him
Arvind replied in the negative and said that _____ every weekend
his parents and he visited his grandpa
how they managed their grandparents' medical needs
had a schedule for giving medications and visits to the doctor
Explanation
To convert direct speech into reported speech, the present tense verbs change to past tense (e.g., 'help' to 'helped', 'take' to 'took', 'have' to 'had', 'visit' to 'visited'). Pronouns also change according to the speaker and listener (e.g., 'you' to 'she' or 'he', 'your' to 'her', 'we' to 'they', 'my' to 'his'). For yes/no questions, we use 'if' or 'whether', and for wh- questions, we retain the question word ('how'). The sentence structure shifts from interrogative to declarative.