Question

Change the following statement into indirect speech.
Richard said, “Where does she live?”
A. Richard said that where does she live.
B. Richard asked that where does she live.
C. Richard asked where she lived.
D. Richard asked where did she live.

Answer 1

Hint: Narration is the act of recounting a series of events, actual or imaginary, in writing or speech. Direct and indirect speeches are the two types of narration.

Complete answer:
Let us understand the concept with the help of examples.
Rohan said, “I am making a card for you.”
Rohan said that he was making a card for me.

If we consider these two sentences, we might find that they both express the same message, but if we look closer, there is a difference. In the first sentence, without modifying it, I express Rohan's activities in his own words; it is known as direct speech, or reporting speech. I am using my own vocabulary in the second sentence to explain to the audience the actions of the speaker. We may term this as a reported speech or an indirect speech.

To change these speeches from direct to indirect, there are some important regulations. We need to take into account the tense, the pronoun, the words that define time, place, distance, sentence forms, etc.
Now, let us look at the given sentence. As the question in the inverted commas is in the simple present tense, Option C is right, so 'lived' is used. Options A, B, and D are incorrect as 'said' cannot be used, 'that’ is not appropriate and 'did' cannot be used.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘C’.

Note: To change narration of a given sentence, we first need to find out the speech of the sentence. After finding out whether the sentence is in direct or indirect speech, we can change the narration of the sentence.