Question

Choose the correct indirect form of the given sentence: The teacher said, "Don't move, boys."

(a) The teacher told the boys don't move.

(b) The teacher asked the boys not to be moving.

(c) The teacher asked the boys not to move.

(d) The teacher told to them, don't move. ​

Answer 1

Answer:

the teacher orderd the boys not to move

Explanation:

because she is ordering not questioning here

Answer 2

The answer is option c.

The teacher asked the boys not to move.

Direct and Indirect Speech.

• The question is given in the direct speech. The statements spoken directly by the speaker are called direct speech.

• The speech reported by someone else is called the indirect speech or the reported speech.

• The given sentence is imperative. Thus, 'that' is not used to join the reported clause and the subordinate clause.