Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
“Stop! Don’t fight.” said the mother to her children.
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
“Stop! Don’t fight.” said the mother to her children.
The mother exclaimed angrily to her children to stop and not fight.
The mother exclaimed angrily to her children to stop and not fight.
The mother exclaimed to her children to pause and not engage in a fight.
The mother exclaimed to her children to pause and not engage in a fight.
The mother exclaimed to her children angrily to stop and don’t fight.
The mother exclaimed to her children angrily to stop and don’t fight.
The mother told her children to stop and not fight.
The mother told her children to stop and not fight.
Correct Answer:
The mother exclaimed angrily to her children to stop and not fight.
The mother exclaimed angrily to her children to stop and not fight.
according to the rule option A is the right answer here,
In exclamatory or optative sentences, reported speech contains a wish or pray etc. Verb in the reporting speech is changed into ‘cried out’or ‘exclaimed’ or ‘wished’or ‘prayed’ etc. accordingly.
Exclamatory form is changed into infinitive one. In each case a suitable verb is substituted according to the sense contained in the sentence e.g. ‘exclaimed with joy or happiness’ or ‘exclaimed with sorrow’ or ‘exclaimed with surprise’
Comma and inverted commas are removed using the conjunction that.
Exclamatory or optative sentences are changed from direct into indirect speech as if they were ordinary assertive sentences.
