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Q: Directions (Q. 33 and 34) : Four alternative ways of converting the direct speech into indirect speech are suggested for each of the following sentences. Find out the correct one : ‘Don’t go near the water, children’, she said.
  • A. She suggested that the children should not go near the water
  • B. She asked the children that they may not go near the water
  • C. She urged the children that they might not go near the water
  • D. She warned the children not to go near the water
Correct Answer: Option D - In reporting command and requests, the Indirect Speech is introduced by some verb expressing command and request and the imperative mood is changed into the infinitive. Correct indirect speech is option (d) She warned the children not to go near the water.
D. In reporting command and requests, the Indirect Speech is introduced by some verb expressing command and request and the imperative mood is changed into the infinitive. Correct indirect speech is option (d) She warned the children not to go near the water.

Explanations:

In reporting command and requests, the Indirect Speech is introduced by some verb expressing command and request and the imperative mood is changed into the infinitive. Correct indirect speech is option (d) She warned the children not to go near the water.