Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
She said to me, “Can you look after my baby for a short while?”
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
She said to me, “Can you look after my baby for a short while?”
She asked me if you can look after my baby for a short while.
She asked me if you can look after my baby for a short while.
She asked me that if I could look after her baby for a short while.
She asked me that if I could look after her baby for a short while.
She asked me if I could look after her baby for a short while.
She asked me if I could look after her baby for a short while.
She asked me if I can look after my baby for a short while.
She asked me if I can look after my baby for a short while.
Correct Answer:
She asked me if I could look after her baby for a short while.
She asked me if I could look after her baby for a short while.
Changes of Interrogative Sentences
The reporting verb said/said to is changed in asked, demanded, ordered, enquired as per the nature of the sentence.
While a sentence starts with reporting verb then at the conversion time if /whether is used as the joining clause.
In case the sentence starts from “Wh” question word, then no extra conjunction is used.
For Example:
Ravi said, “What is Heena doing?”
Ravi asked me what Heena was doing.
Esha said, “Will she come for lunch?”
Esha asked if she would come for lunch.
The boy asked, “Where do you stay?”
The boy inquired where I stayed
Option C is the most appropriate.
