Question

Change the following statement into indirect speech.

The teacher said to the student, "Do not talk nonsense."

• A. The teacher said the student that do not talk nonsense.
• B. The teacher forbade the student to talk nonsense.
• C. The teacher ordered the student to talk nonsense.
• D. The teacher asked the student not to talk nonsense.

Answer 1

The correct option is B The teacher forbade the student to talk nonsense.

Indirect Speech is used to report something in our own words.

In case of order, the pattern for converting direct speech to reported speech is verb + indirect object + to-clause.

The indirect object is the person spoken to. Verbs in case of order can be command, order, warn, forbid.

Thus, the sentence would be - The teacher forbade the student to talk nonsense.

Hence, option B is the correct answer.