Question

I to the policeman,"can you tell me the way to the hospital?".
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Answer 1

Answer:

I asked the policeman if he could tell me the way to the hospital.

Answer 2

Question:-

I said to the policeman ,"can you tell me the way to the hospital.? "

Answer:-

I asked the policeman if he could told me the way to the hospital.

Additional information!!!!!!!!!!

In the forms of Direct speech:-

❐ The exact words of the speaker are repeated.

❐ The words the speaker enclosed with inverted commas.

❐The introductory verb is said.

❐ A comma separates the introductory part and the exact words of the speaker.

❐ The speaker uses the first person pronoun to speak for himself / herself .

In the forms of Indirect speech:-

❐ The speaker's words are reported by someone in his or her words.

❐Since the exact words of the speaker are not reproduced the inverted commas are removed.

❐The introductory verb is usually said or told.

❐The subordinate conjunction that is used to join the introductory part to the reported part .The comma is not used.

❐The first person pronoun is changed to the third person pronoun .