Question

they said to us please help us now into indirect

Answer 1

Explanation:

Question:-

They said to us,"Please help us now." (Change into indirect speech)

Answer:-

They requested us to help them then.

Reason:-

There are some changes like:-

• Requested is used here as a reported word which states the feelings of the speaker by expressing that "they are requesting to the speaker". Speaker had felt the sense of request in the sentence/in that situation, that's why requested is used.

• To is used here to connect the before and after sentences of inverted commas.

• Them is used here to refer to "they" in the sentence (the indirect form of they is "them")

• Then is the referred here to the time used in the sentence,that is "now". Then is the indirect form of now in indirect speech.

★ More to know

There are two types of speeches/narration that is used in English.

They are:-

• Direct speech : In this speech,the sentence is always the actual words quoted by the speaker along with proper punctuation marks (question and exclamation mark) according to the tone of the speaker.

For example:-

• He said,"Don't disturb me unnecessarily."

• Sumitra said to her son,"Can you please help me ?"

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• Indirect speech : In this speech,the actual conversation happened between speaker and the second person is quoted by the third person,along with some reported words to show the indirect sense.

For example:-

• He warned to not disturb him unnecessarily.

• Sumitra requested her son to help her.

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