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Q: Choose the option in which Narration in the given sentence has been correctly changed. Karan says to me, ''Bring me a glass of water, please.''
  • A. Karan orders me to bring him a glass of water.
  • B. Karan asks me to bring him a glass of water pleases
  • C. Karan requests me to bring him a glass of water.
  • D. Karan tells me to bring him a glass of water
Correct Answer: Option C - Reported speech of the above sentence is in imperative sentence. Its Indirect speech will be - 1. According to sense of the sentence 'says to' changes into 'requests'. 2. As a conjunction 'to' will be used in place of comma and inverted comma. 3. According to narration rule, tense and pronoun will be changed. Correct Sentence- Karan requests me to bring him a glass of water.
C. Reported speech of the above sentence is in imperative sentence. Its Indirect speech will be - 1. According to sense of the sentence 'says to' changes into 'requests'. 2. As a conjunction 'to' will be used in place of comma and inverted comma. 3. According to narration rule, tense and pronoun will be changed. Correct Sentence- Karan requests me to bring him a glass of water.

Explanations:

Reported speech of the above sentence is in imperative sentence. Its Indirect speech will be - 1. According to sense of the sentence 'says to' changes into 'requests'. 2. As a conjunction 'to' will be used in place of comma and inverted comma. 3. According to narration rule, tense and pronoun will be changed. Correct Sentence- Karan requests me to bring him a glass of water.