Choose the most appropriate reported construction of the following se…

The correct answer is Option (2) → Meera told the shopkeeper that she had bought that charger there the week before and asked if it came with a warranty.

Changing a statement and a question into indirect speech:

Change	Direct	Indirect	Why
Reporting verb	said to the shopkeeper	told the shopkeeper ... and asked	The first part is a statement, so “said to” becomes “told”. The second part is a question, so it is brought in with “and asked”.
Joining word	“ ” (quotation marks)	that ... if	“That” joins the statement. “Does it come ...?” is answered with yes or no, so “if” joins it.
Tense change	bought, does ... come	had bought, came	“Bought” is in the simple past. The simple past is formed with the past form of the verb (V2). After the past “said” it becomes the past perfect “had bought”. The past perfect is formed with had + past participle (V3). “Does ... come” is in the simple present, so it becomes the simple past “came”. The simple present is formed with the base form (V1), or V1 + s / es with he, she, it.
Word order	Does it come	it came	The question becomes a plain statement. “Does” is dropped, and the subject “it” comes before the verb.
Pronoun change	I	she	The speaker is Meera, so “I” becomes “she”.
Time and place words	this, here, last week	that, there, the week before	The words are reported later, away from the shop. So “this” becomes “that”, “here” becomes “there” and “last week” becomes “the week before”. A warranty is the shop’s promise to repair or replace a faulty item.
Full sentence	Meera said to the shopkeeper, “I bought this charger here last week. Does it come with a warranty?”	Meera told the shopkeeper that she had bought that charger there the week before and asked if it came with a warranty.

When the spoken words have two parts, each part gets its own reporting verb. A request in the second part takes “requested” + to + verb. Example: Raju said to me, “I am late, so please wait for me.” → Raju told me that he was late and requested me to wait for him.

Why the Other Options are Incorrect?

Option 1: Meera told the shopkeeper that she had bought that charger there the week before and asked whether did it come with a warranty. — Incorrect. “Did it come” keeps the question word order. In indirect speech the subject comes first: “whether it came”.

Option 3: Meera told the shopkeeper that she had bought that charger there last week and asked if it came with a warranty. — Incorrect. “Last week” is left unchanged. In the report it becomes “the week before”.

Option 4: Meera said the shopkeeper that she had bought that charger there the week before and asked if it came with a warranty. — Incorrect. “Said” cannot take the person straight after it. It must be “said to the shopkeeper” or “told the shopkeeper”.