Question

He said, "Be quiet and listen to me."
( Choose the correct indirect speech)
(A) He urged them to be quiet and listen to him
(B) He urged them and said be quiet and listen to him
(C) He urged they should be quict and listen to him
(D) He said you should be quiet and listen to me​

Answer 1

The sentence can be changed into indirect speech as follows:

(A) He urged them to be quiet and listen to him.

What is indirect speech?

• In the field of English grammar, such a speech style in which we use our own words to describe what someone said is referred to as indirect speech.
• For direct sentences which sound like a command, we use the words like commanded, ordered or urged instead of 'said' in indirect speech. Hence, option A is the correct option.
• Other options such as option B is not correct as both 'urged' and 'said' do not need to be used in indirect statement.

Answer 2

He urged them to be quite and listen to him.

Explanation:

The given sentence is an imperative sentence. While changing it's narration we should follow the below guidelines-

• First we should start with the same subject.
• It is imperative sentence so we should use words like commanded, ordered, requested, wished, begged ,warned, urged,etc as a reporting verb.
• Imperative sentence starts with verb while changing into indirect narration we should add 'to' before it.
• So whatever options are given only first option is correct.
• In remaining options no 'to' added before verb.

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