You have been away for a while and have just come back to your home town. You meet Gerry, a friend of yours. He asks you a lot of questions:
Gerry: Can you lend me some money?
Now you tell another friend what Gerry asked you. Use reported speech.
Now you tell another friend what Gerry asked you. Use reported speech.
The correct options are
B He asked me if I could lend him some money.
C He asked me whether I could lend him some money.
The two ways of relating what a person has said are 1)direct and 2)indirect (reported speech).In direct speech, the original speaker's exact words are repeated. Direct speech is found in plays and quotations. In indirect/reported speech, the exact meaning is expressed but not necessarily using the original speaker's exact words. Pronouns and possessive adjectives usually change from first or second person to the third person except when the speaker is reporting his own words. Sometimes a noun can be inserted to avoid doubt.
Options B and C are correct as the given question is transformed to the assertive form, can is changed to could, and if/whether is used as the given question doesn't start with a question word.
Options C and D are wrong as 'that' and 'if that' cannot be used in the transformation respectively.
The correct answers are B)He asked me if I could lend him some money. and C)He asked me whether I could lend him some money.
B He asked me if I could lend him some money.
C He asked me whether I could lend him some money.
The two ways of relating what a person has said are 1)direct and 2)indirect (reported speech).In direct speech, the original speaker's exact words are repeated. Direct speech is found in plays and quotations. In indirect/reported speech, the exact meaning is expressed but not necessarily using the original speaker's exact words. Pronouns and possessive adjectives usually change from first or second person to the third person except when the speaker is reporting his own words. Sometimes a noun can be inserted to avoid doubt.
Options B and C are correct as the given question is transformed to the assertive form, can is changed to could, and if/whether is used as the given question doesn't start with a question word.
Options C and D are wrong as 'that' and 'if that' cannot be used in the transformation respectively.
The correct answers are B)He asked me if I could lend him some money. and C)He asked me whether I could lend him some money.
