Choose the correct direct form(s) of the given sentence:
Coach Sharma advised Tanvi to rest her ankle for a week and suggested that they should practise together after that.
(A) Coach Sharma said to Tanvi, “You should rest your ankle for a week. Let us practise together after that.”
(B) Coach Sharma said to Tanvi, “You should rest your ankle for a week. You should practise together after that.”
(C) Coach Sharma said to Tanvi, “Rest your ankle for a week. Let us practise together after that.”
(D) Coach Sharma said to Tanvi, “You should rest her ankle for a week. Let us practise together after that.”
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A) and (C) only
Changing advice and a suggestion from indirect back into direct speech:
| Change | Indirect | Direct | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reporting verb | advised Tanvi ... and suggested | said to Tanvi | Both parts are spoken to Tanvi. So “advised” and “suggested” go back to one “said to Tanvi” before the spoken words. |
| Joining word | to, that | “ ” (quotation marks) | “To” and “that” are dropped. The spoken words go inside quotation marks. |
| Advice | to rest | You should rest (A) / Rest (C) | “Advised ... to rest” is advice. In spoken words advice is given with “You should” + verb or with a plain order like “Rest”. |
| They should → Let us | they should practise together | Let us practise together | “They” means Coach Sharma and Tanvi together. A suggestion that includes the speaker begins with “Let us”. |
| Pronoun change | her ankle | your ankle | The coach speaks to Tanvi. So in the coach’s own words “her ankle” becomes “your ankle”. |
| Full sentence | Coach Sharma advised Tanvi to rest her ankle for a week and suggested that they should practise together after that. | (A) Coach Sharma said to Tanvi, “You should rest your ankle for a week. Let us practise together after that.” (C) Coach Sharma said to Tanvi, “Rest your ankle for a week. Let us practise together after that.” |
“Proposed that they should” also goes back to “Let us”. Example: Leela proposed to her friends that they should eat out. → “Let us eat out,” Leela said to her friends.
(A) Coach Sharma said to Tanvi, “You should rest your ankle for a week. Let us practise together after that.” — Correct.
- “You should rest” gives the advice.
- “Let us practise” gives a suggestion that includes the coach.
(B) Coach Sharma said to Tanvi, “You should rest your ankle for a week. You should practise together after that.” — Incorrect.
- The second “You should” leaves the coach out.
- “Suggested that they should” includes the speaker, so it must be “Let us practise”.
- Correct form: Coach Sharma said to Tanvi, “You should rest your ankle for a week. Let us practise together after that.”
(C) Coach Sharma said to Tanvi, “Rest your ankle for a week. Let us practise together after that.” — Correct.
- A plain order like “Rest your ankle” is also reported as advice with “advised ... to”.
- “Let us practise” is right too.
(D) Coach Sharma said to Tanvi, “You should rest her ankle for a week. Let us practise together after that.” — Incorrect.
- “Her ankle” is not changed.
- The coach speaks to Tanvi, so it must be “your ankle”.
- Correct form: Coach Sharma said to Tanvi, “You should rest your ankle for a week. Let us practise together after that.”