Directions: Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech.

He said to his sister, “Please help me with my homework.”

The correct answer is He requested his sister to help him with his homework.

Key Points

• The given sentence is a direct speech.
• The basic rules for changing or converting direct speech into indirect speech:​
  • The commas, inverted commas are removed.
  • 'Please' indicates a request and therefore, the reporting verb 'requested' should be used in place of 'please' and it must be followed by an object.
  • Requests are usually reported using a to-infinitive (here, to help).
  • The first-person pronoun 'me' becomes the third-person pronoun 'him' and the first-person pronoun 'my' becomes the third-person pronoun 'his'.
     

Hence, the correct answer is option 4.

Hinglish

• दिया गया वाक्य direct speech है।
• Direct speech को indirect speech में बदलने के लिए बुनियादी नियम:
  • Commas, inverted commas और exclamation mark हटा दिए जाते हैं।
  • 'Please' एक अनुरोध को इंगित करता है और इसलिए, 'Please' के स्थान पर रिपोर्टिंग क्रिया 'requested' का उपयोग किया जाना चाहिए।
  • Requests को आमतौर पर to-infinitive (यहां, to help) का उपयोग करके रिपोर्ट किया जाता है।
  • First-person pronoun 'me', third-person pronoun 'him' बन जाता है और first-person pronoun 'my', third-person pronoun 'his' बन जाता है।
     

अत: सही उत्तर विकल्प 4 है।