Question : Select the correct indirect narration of the given sentence.
Mother said to Ravi, "Wash your hands before eating."
Option 1: Mother said to Ravi to wash your hands before eating.
Option 2: Mother said Ravi must wash his hands before he was eating.
Option 3: Mother told Ravi to wash his hands before eating.
Option 4: Mother told to Ravi you have to wash your hands before eating.
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Correct Answer: Mother told Ravi to wash his hands before eating.
Solution : The third option is the correct choice.
The given sentence is a direct speech, and we need to convert it into an indirect speech.
We will follow these rules for direct-to-indirect speech conversion:
- The reporting verb "said to" changes to "told" in indirect speech.
- The pronoun "your" (second-person pronoun) changes to "his" (third-person pronoun) in indirect speech.
- The infinitive form of the verb is used in the case of imperative sentences in the reported speech.
- This conversion maintains the imperative nature of the sentence.
Therefore, the correct answer is: Mother told Ravi to wash his hands before eating .
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