Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
“Hello”, he said to his friend, “What can I do for you?”
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. He greeted his friend and asked what he could do for him.
- As the reported speech is in "Interrogative sentence" we need to make changes according to this.
- There will be a change in the reporting verb and it will be changed into "Asked".
- We need to use the verb "Greeted" because of "Hello".
- "What" will be used at the place of the "Inverted comma".
- "Can" will be changed into "Could".
- The reported speech will be kept in an assertive structure "Subject + verb + object".
As all the rules are followed by the chosen option it will be correct.