Final answer:
You complete the indirect speech sentence "What do you want from the shops?" Helen asked me by saying "what I wanted" from the shops.
Step-by-step explanation:
The question asks how to complete the indirect speech sentence: "What do you want from the shops?" Helen asked me _______ from the shops. The correct way to complete this sentence in reported speech is by using the word "what" followed by the person reporting the speech plus the verb "wanted." In this case, the sentence should be completed as "what I wanted."
This transformation is necessary because when direct speech is reported later, the tense usually changes to the past tense, pronouns may change, and interrogative structures are converted into affirmative statements.
Here are some examples of direct and indirect speech for better understanding:
- Direct: "Do you like playing tennis?" he asked. Indirect: He asked if I liked playing tennis.
- Direct: "Where are they going?" she wondered. Indirect: She wondered where they were going.