Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
"I am sorry, but I cannot help you," she said to him.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
Correct Answer: She apologised and told him that she could not help him.
Explanation
• Reporting Verb: The expression "I am sorry" conveys regret, which is correctly rendered into indirect speech using the verb apologised.
• Tense Change: Since the reporting verb (said) is in the past tense, the present modal cannot changes to the past form could not.
• Pronoun Change: The first-person pronoun I refers to the speaker and changes to she; the second-person pronoun you refers to the listener (him) and changes to him.