Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
Mother said to me, "Will you help me in cleaning the house?"

Options

A. Mother told me that I should help her in cleaning the house.
B. Mother asked me will you help me in cleaning the house.
C. Mother asked me if you would help her in cleaning the house.
D. Mother asked me if I would help her in cleaning the house.

Answer

D

Explanation

Mother asked me if I would help her in cleaning the house. (Correct)
(a) Mother `ul("told")` me that I should help her in cleaning the house. (Incorrect tense in reported speech)
(b) Mother asked me `ul("will you help")` me in cleaning the house. (Change of reported speech to simple interrogative future is incorrect.)
(c ) Mother asked me if `ul("you")` would help her in cleaning the house. (Incorrect pronoun)