Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence.
I said to my friend, “Please help me arrange these books on the shelf.”
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 2 i.e I requested my friend to help me arrange those books on the shelf.
While changing this sentence into indirect form:
- The Reported Clause and the reporting clause are merged to form one complete sentence.
- Present tense of the sentence changes into Past tense.
- said to changes to requested as the speaker is requesting to the listener as per the tone of sentence.
- these changes to those.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.