Multiple choice

Directions: Pick out the correct alternative that completes the sentence after change of narration.

Her father said to her mother, “Excuse the daughter”. Her father

  1. requested her mother to excuse the daughter.

  2. asked her mother to excuse the daughter.

  3. asked her mother to have excused the daughter.

  4. asked her mother to have been excused.

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B Correct answer
Explanation

Second option is correct. The tense of the sentence changes into 'past' tense because the reporting verb in direct voice (said) is in past tense. As the reporting speech is in imperative, the word 'said' changes to 'asked'.