Question

Tap the option that correctly completes the sentence in reported speech.
Direct speech: Polly said to her students, ‘You should go out and play.’
Reported speech: Polly told her students _____________________.

• A. that he should go out and play
• B. that we should go out and play
• C. that they should go out and play
• D. that she should go out and play

Answer 1

The correct option is C that they should go out and play

The completed sentence is, ‘Polly told her students that they should go out and play.’ The pronoun changes from ‘you’ in direct speech to ‘they’ in reported speech because the speaker ‘Polly’ is referring to a group of people, her students.