Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Direct/indirect

Question:

Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

His father said to him, "I cannot allow you to waste my hard-earned money.'

Options:

His father told him that he cannot allow you to waste his hard-earned money.

His father told him that I cannot allow you to waste my hard-earned money.

His father told him that he could not allow him to waste his hard-earned money.

His father told him that he could not allow you to waste his hard-earned money.

Correct Answer:

His father told him that he could not allow him to waste his hard-earned money.

Explanation:

The correct indirect form of the given sentence is:

His father told him that he could not allow him to waste his hard-earned money.

The other options are incorrect:

  • His father told him that he cannot allow you to waste his hard-earned money. This is incorrect because the speaker is using the pronoun "you", which is not appropriate in this context.
  • His father told him that I cannot allow you to waste my hard-earned money. This is incorrect because the speaker is using the pronoun "I", which is not appropriate in this context.
  • His father told him that he could not allow you to waste your hard-earned money. This is incorrect because the pronoun "you" is used twice, which is not grammatically correct.