He asks me if my watch keeps right now change into direct speech
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The given sentences is a statement . According to the rules of narration and reporting, if the reporting verb in the past tenses , the tenses of the reporting verb is changed into its corresponding past form .the reporting verb in the given sentences , ' said ' is the past form . therefore the reported verb , ' cannot ' wil change into ' could not ' the first person pronoun 'I' will change to third person ' he ' .
thus, in indirect speech the sentences must be ,
he said that he could not help me at present because he was himself in difficulty .
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