Question

She says to me, " I can teach you ."

• A. she tells me that she can teached me.
• B. she tells me that she can teach me.
• C. she tells me that she could teach me.
• D. she tells me that can teach me.

Answer 1

Answer:

B. she tells me that she can teach me.

• The phrase "She says to me, 'I can teach you.'" is an example of reported speech.

• It refers to what she said to you, but the words are presented in a more direct form, using quotation marks to show that it's an exact statement she made.

• When you rephrase this as "She tells me that she can teach me." you're transforming the direct speech into indirect speech.

• In indirect speech, you don't use quotation marks and often change the tense and structure of the sentence to make it more fluid or less direct. Here, the phrase "says to me" is replaced with "tells me," and the statement "I can teach you" is changed to "she can teach me."

  In short:

  • Direct Speech: "I can teach you."

  • Indirect Speech: She tells me that she can teach me.