Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
He said, ‘Let us wait for the award.’
Option 1: He proposed that they should wait for the award.
Option 2: He said that he should wait for the award.
Option 3: He proposed that he should wait for the award.
Option 4: He said that they should waited for the award.
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Correct Answer: He proposed that they should wait for the award.
Solution : The correct choice is the first option .
The transformation to indirect speech is as follows:
- The reporting verb "said" changes to "proposed that" to introduce the reported speech.
- The pronoun "us" changes to "they" to reflect the change in perspective.
- The verb "let" changes to "should" in the indirect speech.
- The quotation marks indicating direct speech are removed.
So, the indirect speech form is: "He proposed that they should wait for the award."
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