Question:

Read Somil’s request to his mother:
“Can you teach me to swim?”
Report Somil’s request by completing the following sentence correctly:
Somil asked his mother _________

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Convert requests using: asked + person + to + verb (e.g., asked me to help, asked her to wait).
Updated On: Feb 26, 2026
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Solution and Explanation

Somil asked his mother
if she could teach him to swim
.
Alternative correct completions:
  • Somil asked his mother
    whether she could teach him to swim
    .
  • Somil asked his mother
    to teach him to swim
    .
  • Somil requested his mother
    if she could teach him to swim
    .
  • Somil asked his mother
    whether she would teach him to swim
    .

Explanation of changes in reported speech:
\begin{tabular}{|l|l|} \hline
Direct Speech
&
Reported Speech

\hline Can you & if she could / whether she could
\hline me & him
\hline Question form & Statement form
\hline \end{tabular}
Rules applied:
  • Modal verb "can" changes to "could" in reported speech
  • First person pronoun "me" changes to third person "him"
  • "You" (mother) changes to "she"
  • "If/Whether" used to introduce the reported question
  • Question format changed to statement format
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