Question

"Excuse me. Do you know the shortest route to the airport?' the tourist as
said, 'I'm sorry, I don't. You could take a taxi and ask him for help.
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Answer 1

Explanation:

The given speech in direct form can be converted to indirect or reported speech as follow;

The tourist asked me if i knew the shortest place to the airport to which i replied that i don't know and suggested him to take help from a taxi driver

Indirect speech

Indirect speech is a form of speech when we tell someone what the other person stated him in context of his direct statements