Question

Ms. Nita said, “Reschedule the meeting to next Monday.”
A. Ms. Nita asked to reschedule the meeting to the following Monday.
B. Ms. Nita asked for the meeting to be rescheduled to the next Monday.
C. Ms. Nita said to reschedule the meeting for Monday.
D. Ms. Nita asked for the rescheduling of the meeting for the following Monday.

Answer 1

Answer:

A is the correct option. It's a statement of imperative

Answer 2

Answer:

Ms. Nita asked to reschedule the meeting to the following Monday,is the correct option as the statement changes to indirect speech.

Explanation:

• In indirect speech we usually report a utterance instead of quoting the words in the exact manner.
• The word 'next' changes into' following' when the speech is changed into indirect.
• The tense of the sentence also gets altered when the speech is in indirect.