Question : 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?”
Option 1: She asked me that if I could look after her baby for a short while.
Option 2: She asked me if you can look after my baby for a short while.
Option 3: She asked me if I can look after my baby for a short while
Option 4: She asked me if I could look after her baby for a short while.
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Correct Answer: She asked me if I could look after her baby for a short while.
Solution : The fourth option is correct.
Indirect speech, also known as reported speech or indirect discourse, is a way of reporting what someone else has said without quoting their exact words.
Narration conversion:
- In yes-or-no questions, the connector if/whether is used to introduce the reported clause.
- "Said to" will get replaced with "asked".
- The second person "you" pronoun changes to the first person pronoun "I" in the indirect speech.
- "Can" changes to "could" .
Therefore, the indirect speech would be: S he asked me if I could look after her baby for a short while .
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