Question

The customs officer looked at me suspiciously and said, "Can you open your bag please?"
Transform the given direct speech into indirect speech:
A. He asked me if I could open my bag
B. He told me to open my bag
C. He requested me to open my bag
D. He told me if I can open my bag.

Answer 1

Hint:We have to convert the given sentence into indirect speech (reported speech)

Complete answer:

Reported speech is when we tell someone what the other person has said.
There are two ways of saying something:
Direct speech and indirect speech.
Direct speech is the original sentence and the exact words said by the first speaker.
Indirect speech is basically the same sentence conveyed by the second speaker (listener of the original sentence) to somebody else in another manner by using different words but the meaning has to be the same.
Option A is the correct answer because the question in the inverted commas has been converted to a simple past form.
Such as, can is converted to could and the second person "you” has been converted to "I".
Moreover, the use of it and asked to make it the most appropriate answer.
Options B and C are not correct because " to" cannot be used in an indirect speech.
Option D is not correct because " can " is not converted into past form.

Note:
Reported speech is used generally when we convey to others what has already been said to us by someone else. I’ve reported speech the present form of the verb is converted to past form as the event had already happened. Thus, Option A is the correct answer.