Question

He said to the interviewer, ‘Could you please repeat the question?’
Options
a) He requested the interviewer if he could please repeat the question.
b) He requested the interviewer if he could repeat the question.
c) He requested the interviewer to please repeat the question.
d) He requested the interviewer to repeat the question.​

Answer 1

Answer:

a) He requested the interviewer if he could please repeat the question.

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

He said to the interviewer, ‘Could you please repeat the question?’ is in direct speech.

The correct option in indirect speech is: - d) He requested the interviewer to repeat the question.​

Explanation:

• Direct speech reports using quotation marks and the exact  words are written. whereas, when we use indirect speech, we do not use quotation marks and might not use the exact words as they were said. For example,

•    Manu said, " My books are in my bag." is in direct speech. To report what Manu said in indirect speech, we will remove the comma and quotation marks, use 'that', change the noun / pronoun to third person, change the verb or tense if required. The sentence becomes, Manu said that her books were in her bag.

• The sentences that are requests and use 'please' in indirect speech are converted in a form to include verb, 'requested' to assist indirect speech. If 'requested' is used then we need not use 'please' in indirect speech. The sentence, he said to the interviewer, ‘Could you please repeat the question?’ in direct speech will be rewritten in indirect speech as, He requested the interviewer to repeat the question.​