Here are 100 examples of Interrogative Sentences changed from Direct Speech to Indirect Speech with clear answers. I’ve included Yes/No questions, Wh-questions, and Helping-verb questions — useful for students and exam practice.
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⭐ Interrogative Sentences – Direct to Indirect Speech (100 Examples)
🔹 YES / NO QUESTIONS (1–40)
1. Direct: He said, “Are you happy?”
Indirect: He asked if I was happy.
2. Direct: She said, “Do you like tea?”
Indirect: She asked if I liked tea.
3. Direct: Ram said, “Is it raining?”
Indirect: Ram asked if it was raining.
4. Direct: He said, “Can you swim?”
Indirect: He asked if I could swim.
5. Direct: She said, “Will you help me?”
Indirect: She asked if I would help her.
6. Direct: The teacher said, “Have you done your homework?”
Indirect: The teacher asked if I had done my homework.
7. Direct: He said, “Did you see the movie?”
Indirect: He asked if I had seen the movie.
8. Direct: She said, “Are they coming today?”
Indirect: She asked if they were coming that day.
9. Direct: Father said, “Do you know him?”
Indirect: Father asked if I knew him.
10. Direct: He said, “Are you tired?”
Indirect: He asked if I was tired.
11. Direct: She said, “Can I sit here?”
Indirect: She asked if she could sit there.
12. Direct: He said, “Will they arrive on time?”
Indirect: He asked if they would arrive on time.
13. Direct: She said, “Has the train left?”
Indirect: She asked if the train had left.
14. Direct: He said, “Do you understand?”
Indirect: He asked if I understood.
15. Direct: Mother said, “Have you eaten?”
Indirect: Mother asked if I had eaten.
16. Direct: He said, “Is she your sister?”
Indirect: He asked if she was my sister.
17. Direct: She said, “Can you drive?”
Indirect: She asked if I could drive.
18. Direct: He said, “Are we late?”
Indirect: He asked if they were late.
19. Direct: She said, “Did he call you?”
Indirect: She asked if he had called me.
20. Direct: He said, “Will you come tomorrow?”
Indirect: He asked if I would come the next day.
21. Direct: She said, “Is this your book?”
Indirect: She asked if that was my book.
22. Direct: He said, “Do they live here?”
Indirect: He asked if they lived there.
23. Direct: She said, “Have you finished?”
Indirect: She asked if I had finished.
24. Direct: He said, “Can we start now?”
Indirect: He asked if they could start then.
25. Direct: She said, “Are you ready?”
Indirect: She asked if I was ready.
26. Direct: He said, “Did you write the letter?”
Indirect: He asked if I had written the letter.
27. Direct: She said, “Will it rain today?”
Indirect: She asked if it would rain that day.
28. Direct: He said, “Do you play cricket?”
Indirect: He asked if I played cricket.
29. Direct: She said, “Can he speak English?”
Indirect: She asked if he could speak English.
30. Direct: He said, “Have they arrived?”
Indirect: He asked if they had arrived.
31. Direct: She said, “Is the food ready?”
Indirect: She asked if the food was ready.
32. Direct: He said, “Do you believe me?”
Indirect: He asked if I believed him.
33. Direct: She said, “Will you join us?”
Indirect: She asked if I would join them.
34. Direct: He said, “Can she sing?”
Indirect: He asked if she could sing.
35. Direct: She said, “Are you free now?”
Indirect: She asked if I was free then.
36. Direct: He said, “Did they win?”
Indirect: He asked if they had won.
37. Direct: She said, “Is he at home?”
Indirect: She asked if he was at home.
38. Direct: He said, “Have you met him?”
Indirect: He asked if I had met him.
39. Direct: She said, “Do you like music?”
Indirect: She asked if I liked music.
40. Direct: He said, “Can we go out?”
Indirect: He asked if they could go out.
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🔹 WH-QUESTIONS (41–100)
41. Direct: He said, “What are you doing?”
Indirect: He asked what I was doing.
42. Direct: She said, “Where do you live?”
Indirect: She asked where I lived.
43. Direct: He said, “Why are you late?”
Indirect: He asked why I was late.
44. Direct: She said, “When will you come?”
Indirect: She asked when I would come.
45. Direct: He said, “How did you do this?”
Indirect: He asked how I had done that.
46. Direct: She said, “Who is your teacher?”
Indirect: She asked who my teacher was.
47. Direct: He said, “Which book do you want?”
Indirect: He asked which book I wanted.
48. Direct: She said, “Whose pen is this?”
Indirect: She asked whose pen that was.
49. Direct: He said, “Where are they going?”
Indirect: He asked where they were going.
50. Direct: She said, “What do you need?”
Indirect: She asked what I needed.
51. Direct: He said, “How old are you?”
Indirect: He asked how old I was.
52. Direct: She said, “Why did you laugh?”
Indirect: She asked why I had laughed.
53. Direct: He said, “When did you arrive?”
Indirect: He asked when I had arrived.
54. Direct: She said, “Where is my bag?”
Indirect: She asked where her bag was.
55. Direct: He said, “What is your name?”
Indirect: He asked what my name was.
56. Direct: She said, “How can I help you?”
Indirect: She asked how she could help me.
57. Direct: He said, “Why are they shouting?”
Indirect: He asked why they were shouting.
58. Direct: She said, “Where have you been?”
Indirect: She asked where I had been.
59. Direct: He said, “What will you do?”
Indirect: He asked what I would do.
60. Direct: She said, “Who called you?”
Indirect: She asked who had called me.
61. Direct: He said, “How many books do you have?”
Indirect: He asked how many books I had.
62. Direct: She said, “Which color do you like?”
Indirect: She asked which color I liked.
63. Direct: He said, “Why is she crying?”
Indirect: He asked why she was crying.
64. Direct: She said, “When will the train arrive?”
Indirect: She asked when the train would arrive.
65. Direct: He said, “Where did you find it?”
Indirect: He asked where I had found it.
66. Direct: She said, “What are they eating?”
Indirect: She asked what they were eating.
67. Direct: He said, “How does this machine work?”
Indirect: He asked how that machine worked.
68. Direct: She said, “Who teaches you English?”
Indirect: She asked who taught me English.
69. Direct: He said, “Why did she leave early?”
Indirect: He asked why she had left early.
70. Direct: She said, “Where will you stay?”
Indirect: She asked where I would stay.
71. Direct: He said, “When are you going?”
Indirect: He asked when I was going.
72. Direct: She said, “How much does it cost?”
Indirect: She asked how much it cost.
73. Direct: He said, “What do you mean?”
Indirect: He asked what I meant.
74. Direct: She said, “Where is the station?”
Indirect: She asked where the station was.
75. Direct: He said, “Who broke the glass?”
Indirect: He asked who had broken the glass.
76. Direct: She said, “Why were you absent?”
Indirect: She asked why I had been absent.
77. Direct: He said, “When can we meet?”
Indirect: He asked when they could meet.
78. Direct: She said, “How long will it take?”
Indirect: She asked how long it would take.
79. Direct: He said, “What are your plans?”
Indirect: He asked what my plans were.
80. Direct: She said, “Where did he go?”
Indirect: She asked where he had gone.
81. Direct: He said, “Who are they?”
Indirect: He asked who they were.
82. Direct: She said, “Why do you study English?”
Indirect: She asked why I studied English.
83. Direct: He said, “When does school start?”
Indirect: He asked when school started.
84. Direct: She said, “How did you know?”
Indirect: She asked how I had known.
85. Direct: He said, “Where can I buy this?”
Indirect: He asked where he could buy that.
86. Direct: She said, “What happened here?”
Indirect: She asked what had happened there.
87. Direct: He said, “Who will help me?”
Indirect: He asked who would help him.
88. Direct: She said, “Why are you smiling?”
Indirect: She asked why I was smiling.
89. Direct: He said, “When did they leave?”
Indirect: He asked when they had left.
90. Direct: She said, “Where are your parents?”
Indirect: She asked where my parents were.
91. Direct: He said, “What do you want to eat?”
Indirect: He asked what I wanted to eat.
92. Direct: She said, “How far is the school?”
Indirect: She asked how far the school was.
93. Direct: He said, “Why are you worried?”
Indirect: He asked why I was worried.
94. Direct: She said, “Who is coming with you?”
Indirect: She asked who was coming with me.
95. Direct: He said, “Where have they gone?”
Indirect: He asked where they had gone.
96. Direct: She said, “What time is it?”
Indirect: She asked what time it was.
97. Direct: He said, “Which dress do you prefer?”
Indirect: He asked which dress I preferred.
98. Direct: She said, “How often do you read?”
Indirect: She asked how often I read.
99. Direct: He said, “Why did you call me?”
Indirect: He asked why I had called him.
100. Direct: She said, “Where shall we go?”
Indirect: She asked where they should go.