Multiple choice

Directions: Pick out the correct alternative that completes the sentence in indirect narration.

The teacher said to me, “Go out of the room at once.” The teacher :

  1. said to me to go out of the room at once

  2. told me to go out of the room at once

  3. ordered me to go out of the room at once

  4. request me to go out of the room at once
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The teacher's statement is a direct command, so the reporting verb said to is appropriately changed to ordered. The imperative verb go is then converted into its infinitive form to go to complete the reported speech.

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