Multiple choice

Directions: Select the alternative that completes the sentence after change of narration.

Mother said to us, “Don't quarrel among yourselves.” Mother

  1. forbade us to quarrel among ourselves.

  2. asked us not to quarrel among ourselves.

  3. asked us that not to quarrel among ourselves.

  4. asked us to quarrel not among ourselves.

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A Correct answer
Explanation

First 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 an imperative (no subject has been used), the word 'said' changes to 'forbade'.