Question

Convert the given direct speech into indirect:

Tony said, "Please help me in completing this work."

• A. Tony said that please help me in completing this work.
• B. Tony said to please him me in completing this work.
• C. Tony said to please help him in completing that work.
• D. Tony requested to help him in completing that work

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

Tony requested to help him in completing that work

Indirect Speech is used to report something in our own words.

In case of order, the pattern for converting direct speech to reported speech is verb + indirect object + to-clause.

The indirect object is the person spoken to. Verb in case of request can be request. 'This' changes to 'that' in indirect speech.

Thus, the sentence would be - Tony requested to help him in completing that work.

Hence, option D is the correct answer.