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Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence. He said to me, “What can I do for you?”
Question

Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
He said to me, “What can I do for you?”

A.

He asked me what he could do for me.

B.

He asked me that what could I do for you.

C.

He asked me what I could do for him.

D.

He asked me what he can do for me.

Correct option is A


The correct indirect form of the sentence is "He asked me what he could do for me."
Direct speech- Direct speech, also known as quoted speech or direct quotation, is a way of reporting someone's exact words.
Indirect speech- Indirect speech, also known as reported speech or indirect quotation, is a way of reporting someone's words or thoughts indirectly, without using their exact words.
The following rules should be followed while converting an indirect speech to direct speech:
· Use the reporting verb such as (say, said to) in its correct tense.
· Put a comma before the statement and the first letter of the statement should be in capital letter.
· Insert question mark, quotation marks, exclamation mark and full stop, based on the mood of the sentence.
· Remove the Conjunctions like (that, to, if or whether) wherever necessary.
· Where the reporting verb is in past tense in indirect, change it to present tense in the direct speech.
· Change the past perfect tense either into present perfect tense or past tense, as necessary.
· Pronouns will be changed accordingly.
This maintains the interrogative nature of the original sentence while converting it to indirect speech.

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