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He said to her, “Can you help me?” Change into Indirect Speech

He said to her, “Can you help me?” Change into Indirect Speech

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  1. Indirect Speech: He asked her if she could help him.

    Explanation: If the reporting verb is in the past tense, then the modals like can changes to could, will/shall change to would, have to changes to had to etc.

    And if the sentence is interrogative, we use the reporting verbs – asked, enquired, etc.

    Note: While answering to “yes or no questions”, we use if or whether.

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