Multiple choice

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

The teacher said to me, “Be regular and learn your lesson daily.” The teacher :

  1. told me that to be regular and learn my lesson daily

  2. said to me be regular and learn my lesson daily

  3. advised me to be regular and learn lesson daily

  4. request me to be regular and learn lesson daily
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The sentence is a piece of advice, so said to is replaced by advised. The imperative verbs be and learn are linked using the infinitive to. Although the pronoun my is omitted in the option, it remains the most grammatically sound choice among the alternatives.

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