Choose the indirect speech of this sentence.
She said to me, "Will you help me?"

She asked me that I would help her.Correct answerYour answerShe asked me would I help her.Correct answerYour answerShe asked me if I would help her.Correct answerYour answerShe asked me if you would help me.Correct answerYour answer

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CorrectNot quiteAnswer C

Correct answer: C

A yes-or-no question takes "if", the order of a statement, and "will" moves back to "would". "You" becomes "I" and "me" becomes "her".

Worth noting

"Would I help her" keeps the question's order, which a reported question does not. "That" is for statements, not questions.

Concept: A question with "will" in reported speech
Typical timeTypical: 45 s
Your timeYours: —

The rule this testsDirect and indirect speech

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Choose the indirect speech of this sentence.She said to me, "Will you help me?"

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Choose the indirect speech of this sentence.
She said to me, "Will you help me?"