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Q: Sunita said, "Please help me, Ram." Choose the option in which the above sentence has been correctly changed into Indirect Narration.
  • A. Sunita asked Ram for help.
  • B. Sunita requested Ram to help her.
  • C. Sunita asked Ram to help her.
  • D. Sunita told Ram that she should be helped.
Correct Answer: Option B - Reported speech of the above sentence (direct speech) is in imperative sentence. The indirect speech will be made from the following rules- 1. Reporting verb 'said to' will be converted into 'requested' according to the sense of the sentence. 2. Conjunction 'to' is used in the place of comma and inverted comma. 3. According to the narration rule, tense and pronoun will be changed. The correct indirect speech- Sunita requested Ram to help her.
B. Reported speech of the above sentence (direct speech) is in imperative sentence. The indirect speech will be made from the following rules- 1. Reporting verb 'said to' will be converted into 'requested' according to the sense of the sentence. 2. Conjunction 'to' is used in the place of comma and inverted comma. 3. According to the narration rule, tense and pronoun will be changed. The correct indirect speech- Sunita requested Ram to help her.

Explanations:

Reported speech of the above sentence (direct speech) is in imperative sentence. The indirect speech will be made from the following rules- 1. Reporting verb 'said to' will be converted into 'requested' according to the sense of the sentence. 2. Conjunction 'to' is used in the place of comma and inverted comma. 3. According to the narration rule, tense and pronoun will be changed. The correct indirect speech- Sunita requested Ram to help her.