Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
The young man said to his father, "Pardon me, sir."
Option 1: The young man begged of his father to pardon him.
Option 2: The young man requested to his father pardon me, sir.
Option 3: The young man begged of his father to pardon me.
Option 4: The young man told his father pardon me.
Correct Answer: The young man begged of his father to pardon him.
Solution : The first option is the correct choice.
The given sentence is in the direct speech . As per the question, we have to change it to indirect speech .
The process of transformation is as follows:
- The reporting verb said to is changed to begged to maintain the imperative nature of the sentence.
- The notion of the given sentence is begging .
- The first-person pronoun me is changed into the third-person pronoun him .
- The imperative statement is changed to the reported speech using the infinitive form of the verb (to pardon).
- Inverted commas are removed.
Therefore, the correct sentence is: The young man begged of his father to pardon him.
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