Question : Select the correct indirect narration of the given sentence.
Father said to Swami, "Take whatever you like from this drawer."
Option 1: Father said Swami to take whatever you like from this drawer.
Option 2: Father said to Swami to have taken whatever he liked from that drawer.
Option 3: Father told Swami that he can take whatever he likes from the drawer.
Option 4: Father told Swami to take whatever he liked from that drawer.
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Correct Answer: Father told Swami to take whatever he liked from that drawer.
Solution : The fourth option is the correct answer.
Indirect speech, also known as reported speech or indirect discourse, is a way of reporting what someone else has said without quoting their exact words.
- In the indirect narration, the reporting verb is changed from "said" to "told" and the imperative sentence is transformed into an infinitive construction.
- The reporting clause is introduced with "to take" in the infinitive form.
- The second-person pronoun "you" is changed to the third-person pronoun "he" to match the perspective of Swami in the reported speech.
- The demonstrative pronoun "this" is also changed to "that" to indicate the shift in time and place. The reporting clause is introduced with "to take" in the infinitive form.
Therefore, the correct answer is: Father told Swami to take whatever he liked from that drawer.
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