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Question
Transform the following from direct to indirect speech:
The teacher told the girl, "I want you to do well in your exams."
Transform the following from direct to indirect speech:
The teacher told the girl, "I want you to do well in your exams."
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Solution
The correct option is A The teacher told the girl that the teacher wanted the girl to do well in her exams.
The given sentence is a statement.According
to the rules of narration and reporting, if the reporting verb is in
the past tense, the tense of the reported verb is changed into its
corresponding past form. The reporting verb in the given sentence,
'told', is in the past form. Therefore, the reported verb, 'want' will
change into 'wanted'. The first person pronoun 'I' will change into the person of the speaker.
Thus, the complete sentence must be,The teacher told the girl that the teacher wanted the girl to do well in her exams.Thus option A is the correct answer.Options B,C,D are incorrect as they do not follow the rules of Narration and Reporting.
The given sentence is a statement.
According
to the rules of narration and reporting, if the reporting verb is in
the past tense, the tense of the reported verb is changed into its
corresponding past form. The reporting verb in the given sentence,
'told', is in the past form. Therefore, the reported verb, 'want' will
change into 'wanted'. The first person pronoun 'I' will change into the person of the speaker.
Thus, the complete sentence must be,
The teacher told the girl that the teacher wanted the girl to do well in her exams.
Thus option A is the correct answer.
Options B,C,D are incorrect as they do not follow the rules of Narration and Reporting.
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