Question

Write a sentence (beginning in the way shown) that means the same as the first sentence.

'Pay the rent by Friday without fail,' the landlord said to us.
The landlord ordered us _________.

• A. to pay the rent by Friday without fail.
• B. that we should pay the rent by Friday without fail.
• C. that we can pay the rent by Friday without fail.
• D. that pay the rent by Friday without fail.

Answer 1

The correct option is A to pay the rent by Friday without fail.

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.

Thus, the sentence would be - The landlord ordered us to pay the rent by Friday without fail.

Hence, option A is the correct answer.