Question

"Have you seen my car keys?", he asked.
(Start with: He asked...........)

Hint:

When converting questions to indirect speech, always change the word order from a question (auxiliary + subject) to a statement (subject + auxiliary). Remove the question mark.

Answer 1

Step 1: Identifying the Sentence Type:
This is a direct Yes/No question in the present perfect tense (“Have you seen...”).

Step 2: Applying Indirect Speech Rules for Yes/No Questions:

• Introduce the reported clause using the conjunctions “if” or “whether.”
• Shift the pronoun “you” to “I” (assuming the question was addressed to the speaker).
• Shift the possessive determiner “my” to “his” to match the speaker (“he”).
• Shift the present perfect tense (“have seen”) back to the past perfect tense (“had seen”).
• Change the word order from a question format to an assertive format (subject before verb).

Step 3: Constructing the Final Sentence:
Applying these adjustments results in: “He asked if I had seen his car keys.”