direct sentence change into indirect
The difference between direct and indirect speech is simple:
- Direct speech includes quotation marks – exactly the words that the person said
- Indirect speech has no quotation marks – it describes what the person said
To change this question from direct to indirect, you need to get rid of the quotation marks. Since “they” is the speaker here, that is still the subject of your sentence. The person they are talking to is “me”.
You then just have to rearrange the question, keeping in mind the correct verb tenses. Since it is a yes or no question (it is closed), you can use “whether”.
A good way to say this question indirectly is:
- They asked me whether I ever played for my soccer team.
