Change the following sentence into indirect speech (b)my friend said to me"what can I do for you
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Answer:
my friend said to me that what can I do to you
Answer:
my friend asked me what he/she could do for me.
Explanation:
Rules: While changing the interrogative sentences into Indirect Speech, the following rules should be observed:
1. Change the Reporting Verb into ask, enquire, demand, wonder, want to know, etc.
2. Change the Interrogative form into the Assertive form and remove the sign of Interrogative
3. No conjunction is used when the sentence begins with question words like who, whose, whom, what, which, when, why, where, how, etc.
4. Tenses, pronouns and words denoting nearness are changed according to the rules.
reporting verb - asked
I changed to he/she
You changed to me
Modal can changed to could.
For converting direct speech into indirect speech, the present modals (e.g., Can, May, Must) are changed into past modals (e.g., Could, Might, Had to)