Question

Margie said to tommy can i read the book some more with you after school change into indirect

Answer 1

Question

Margie said to Tommy , "Can I read the book some more with you after school ?" ( direct speech)

Answer:

Margie asked Tommy whether she could read the book some more with him after school. (indirect speech)

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To change a sentence of direct speech into indirect form following rules must be obyed

• First we must notice the kind of sentence (eg. : affirmative, imparetive , interrogative etc)
• Tense of verb must be noticed
• Persons of pronouns
• Change of some words

In case of the questioned sentence

• The reporting verb was in past tense so change of tense in reported speech's verb has been made

• The reported speech is a interrogative sentence , so the reporting verb has been written 'ask' to suit the sentence and 'whether' has been used to joined the reported and reporting speech

• Changes of pronouns like 'I' and 'your' has been made to 'she' and 'him' to express the proper meaning of the sentence.

Answer 2

Margie said to tommy,"Can i read the Book some More with you"...?.