Question

Choose the indirect speech of the given sentence.
The mother said to the baby, "Don't touch the fire."

• A. The mother warned the baby not to touch the fire.
• B. The mother ordered the baby to not touch the fire.
• C. The mother told the baby that it should not touch the fire.
• D. All of the above.

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

The mother warned the baby not to touch the fire.

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

In case of a warning, 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 warning can be warn or forbid.

Thus, the sentence would be - The mother warned the baby not to touch the fire.

Hence, option A is the correct answer.