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Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
"Can you come to the party?" David asked me ________ to the party.

A
could he come
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B
can he come
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C
if I could go
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D
whether I can come
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Solution

The correct option is C if I could go

The two ways of relating what a person has said are 1)direct and 2)indirect (reported).

In the direct speech, the exact words of the original speaker are repeated.

In the indirect speech (reported speech), the exact meaning of what the speaker told is expressed but not necessarily in the speaker’s exact words.

Option C is correct as the question in the inverted commas is in the simple present tense and 'could' should be the helping verb in the indirect speech.

Options A, B, and D are wrong as 'he' cannot be used as he is reporting what he was told by David, no conjunction is used, and the appropriate conjunction is not used respectively.

The correct answer is C)if I could go .


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