Concept:Rules for converting a direct speech sentence (with a modal verb) into indirect speech: change the reporting verb, remove quotation marks, use the conjunction 'that', and adjust pronouns and verb tenses to the past.
Explanation:The original sentence is in direct speech: "The manager said to the man, 'I can help you with a condition that you will do work for me.'" To convert it to indirect speech, follow these steps:
1. Change "said to" to "told".
2. Remove the comma and inverted commas.
3. Add the conjunction "that" to introduce the reported clause.
4. Change the modal verbs to their past forms: "can" becomes "could", and "will" becomes "would".
5. Change the pronouns according to the speaker and listener:
Thus, "I" becomes "he" (the manager), "you" becomes "him" (the man), and "me" becomes "him" (the manager). The resulting indirect sentence is: "The manager told the man that he could help him with a condition that he would do work for him."
Answer:Option A: The manager told the man that he could help him with a condition that he would do work for him.