Question

She said, "May I help you? " (change into indirect) ​

Answer 1

Answer:

Direct Speech : She said , " May I help you ? "

Indirect Speech : She asked whether she might help me

Additional Information :

• Indirect speech is also known as reported speech .
• Reported speech is where the actual words spoken are a bit modified but there won't be any change in the meaning .
• When the reporting or principal verb is in the Past Tense, all Present tenses of the direct are changed into the corresponding Past Tenses.
• Universal Truths or habitual actions don't alter on their tense formats in reported speech
• Reporting Verb like ‘said/ said to’ changes to asked, enquired or demanded
• If sentence begins with ‘wh’ questions then no conjunction is used as the "question-word" itself act as relative pronouns

Answer 2

Answer:

Direct Speech :

She said , " May I help you ? "

Indirect Speech :

She asked whether she might help me

(✷‿✷) Extra information (✷‿✷)

• In indirect speech, the actual words of the speaker are changed.
• Indirect speech is also known as reported speech .
• Reported speech is where the actual words spoken are a bit modified but there won't be any change in the meaning .
• When the reporting or principal verb is in the Past Tense, all Present tenses of the direct are changed into the corresponding Past Tenses.
• Universal Truths or habitual actions don't alter on their tense formats in reported speech
• Reporting Verb like ‘said/ said to’ changes to asked, enquired or demanded
• If sentence begins with ‘wh’ questions then no conjunction is used as the "question-word" itself act as relative pronoun !!