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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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