Question

She said to her mother, "Please help me."
(Change the Mode of Narration)
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Answer 1

Answer:

Direct speech:- She requested her mother to help her.

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Answer 2

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Answer - She requested her mother to help her.

[ Reporting verb changed into Requested because further in the dialogue, Please is shown. Reporting verb is in past tense, hence Requested was also in past. To was used before main verb to make it infinitive.]

Grammar bites !!

We have seen different kind of sentences like statement, interrogative, imperative etc. The above question is Imperative in nature. It is because:

• It involves a "Request"
• Imperative sentences includes order, request, forbid, advice or suggestions.

Rules for changing Imperative sentences:

• With due Main dialogue, the reporting verb changes accordingly like request, advice, forbid, request, beg, order etc.
• The mood of Imperative is changed into Infinitive. Hence, to is used before the main verb.
• When please is used for a request and let for suggestion. Accordingly we have to change the reporting verb like requested / suggested.

Examples:

❒ Father said to me, "Go home at once."

• Father ordered me to go home at once.

❒ I said to her, "Please explain the chapter."

• I requested her to explain the chapter.

❒ Mother said to me, "Don't play in the sun."

• Mother advised me not to play in the sun.

❒ Masha said to her friends, "Let us play outside."

• Masha suggested her friends playing outside

❒ He said to me, "You must leave the place."

• He told me that I must leave the place.

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