Question

The shopkeeper said to me,"Sir ,can I help you now?"(Begin with :The shopkeeper asked me )​

Answer 1

The shopkeeper said to me, "Sir, can I help you now?" (Begin with: The shopkeeper asked me )​

Answer:

The shopkeeper asked me if he could help me at that moment.

There are two kinds of speeches.  

1. Direct Speech:    

• In Direct speech, we repeat the exact words by the speaker. Reporting speech is placed between inverted commas. For example, He said, " I have lost my pen".

2. Indirect Speech:  

• In Indirect Speech, we repeat in our own words what is said by the speaker. generally, we use "said that" in this speech. For example, He said that he had lost his pen.

Points to remember when we change direct speech to indirect speech:

present simple changed to past simple

present continuous changed to past continuous

present perfect changed to past perfect.

present perfect continuous changed to past perfect continuous

past simple change to past perfect

past continuous changed to past perfect continuous

Answer 2

The shopkeeper asked me if he could help me at that moment.