Question : Select the most appropriate option to change the sentences from Direct Speech to Reported Speech.
The writer said, “Don’t cross the word limit.”
Option 1: The writer said not to cross the word limit.
Option 2: The writer asked if I would cross the word limit.
Option 3: The writer forbade me to cross the word limit.
Option 4: The writer asks if I had crossed the word limit.
Correct Answer: The writer forbade me to cross the word limit.
Solution :
The correct answer is option 3.
The writer forbade me to cross the word limit.
Explanation:
The direct sentence is in the simple present tense in order to convert it into indirect we need to follow the below rules.
Direct Speech
Indirect Speech
Simple Present (Subject + V1 + Object)
Simple Past (Subject + V2 + Object)
The HR said, “Are you interested in the offer?”
Option 1: The HR said that if I was interested in the offer.
Option 2: The HR said that if I were interested in the offer.
Option 3: The HR asks if I am interested in the offer.
Option 4: The HR asked me if I was interested in the offer.
His mother asked, “Who are you?”
Option 1: His mother asked who he was.
Option 2: His mother asked me who he was.
Option 3: His mother asks me who he was.
Option 4: His mother asked who I was.
She said, “Let us have coffee here.”
Option 1: She proposed that we had coffee there.
Option 2: She asked if we wished to have coffee there.
Option 3: She said that we should have coffee there.
Option 4: She said that we had coffee there.
Deep said, “Shut the window !”
Option 1: Deep asked me whether I would shut the window .
Option 2: Deep ordered me to shut the window.
Option 3: Deep said that I should shut the window.
Option 4: Deep shouted and said to shut the window .
Rucha said, “The sale ended yesterday.”
Option 1: Rucha said that the sale had ended yesterday.
Option 2: Rucha said that the sale ended the day before.
Option 3: Rucha said that the sale had ended the previous day.
Option 4: Rucha said that the sale ended already.
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