Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
Pooja said to her friends, “Let us share an auto to the station.”
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Pooja suggested to her friends that they should share an auto to the station.
Changing a “Let us” sentence into indirect speech:
| Change | Direct | Indirect | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reporting verb | said to her friends | suggested to her friends | “Let us” puts forward a plan for the whole group. So “said to” becomes “suggested to”. |
| Joining word | “ ” (quotation marks) | that | “That” joins the suggestion. |
| Let us → they should | Let us share | they should share | “Us” means Pooja and her friends together, so it becomes “they”. A suggestion is reported with “should” + verb. |
| Full sentence | Pooja said to her friends, “Let us share an auto to the station.” | Pooja suggested to her friends that they should share an auto to the station. |
“Proposed to” is used in the same way, and “Let us not” becomes “should not”. Example: Ravi said to his cousin, “Let us not wake Grandpa.” → Ravi suggested to his cousin that they should not wake Grandpa.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: Pooja suggested her friends that they should share an auto to the station. — Incorrect. “Suggest” needs “to” before the person: “suggested to her friends”.
Option 3: Pooja suggested to her friends that let us share an auto to the station. — Incorrect. “Let us” is kept as in the spoken words. In the report it becomes “they should”.
Option 4: Pooja suggested to her friends that they shared an auto to the station. — Incorrect. “They shared” reports something that already happened. A suggestion needs “should” + verb.