Question

(b) Maggie said to Neena, “Please help me.”​

Answer 1

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Direct Speech -

Maggie said to Neena, "Please help me."

Indirect Speech -

Maggie requested Neena to help her.

Rules to convert sentences to Indirect speech -

1) Said changes to told, requested, ordered, asked etc as per the type of sentence.

2) In Indirect Speech the inverted commas are removed.

3) The sentence in Indirect speech is converted into Past tense.

4) Words like if, whether, that, are used.

5) As per the current question which states request it changes to requested.

(Note : Please word denotes request/ states that it's a request)

6) The word "This" gets changed to "that"

Answer 2

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ᴅɪʀᴇᴄᴛ sᴘᴇᴇᴄʜ -

ᴍᴀɢɢɪᴇ sᴀɪᴅ ᴛᴏ ɴᴇᴇɴᴀ, "ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ʜᴇʟᴘ ᴍᴇ."

ɪɴᴅɪʀᴇᴄᴛ sᴘᴇᴇᴄʜ -

ᴍᴀɢɢɪᴇ ʀᴇϙᴜᴇsᴛᴇᴅ ɴᴇᴇɴᴀ ᴛᴏ ʜᴇʟᴘ ʜᴇʀ.

ʀᴜʟᴇs ᴛᴏ ᴄᴏɴᴠᴇʀᴛ sᴇɴᴛᴇɴᴄᴇs ᴛᴏ ɪɴᴅɪʀᴇᴄᴛ sᴘᴇᴇᴄʜ -

1) sᴀɪᴅ ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇs ᴛᴏ ᴛᴏʟᴅ, ʀᴇϙᴜᴇsᴛᴇᴅ, ᴏʀᴅᴇʀᴇᴅ, ᴀsᴋᴇᴅ ᴇᴛᴄ ᴀs ᴘᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʏᴘᴇ ᴏғ sᴇɴᴛᴇɴᴄᴇ.

2) ɪɴ ɪɴᴅɪʀᴇᴄᴛ sᴘᴇᴇᴄʜ ᴛʜᴇ ɪɴᴠᴇʀᴛᴇᴅ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴀs ᴀʀᴇ ʀᴇᴍᴏᴠᴇᴅ.

3) ᴛʜᴇ sᴇɴᴛᴇɴᴄᴇ ɪɴ ɪɴᴅɪʀᴇᴄᴛ sᴘᴇᴇᴄʜ ɪs ᴄᴏɴᴠᴇʀᴛᴇᴅ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴘᴀsᴛ ᴛᴇɴsᴇ.