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He said to her, “Madam, can I help you?” Change into Indirect Speech

He said to her, “Madam, can I help you?” Change into Indirect Speech

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  1. Indirect Speech: Addressing her as madam, he asked her if he could help her.

    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 like asked, enquired, etc.

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