Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
The guard said to the visitors, "Do not take photographs inside the museum."
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct indirect form of the given sentence is:
The guard forbade the visitors to take photographs inside the museum.
The other options are incorrect:
- The guard told the visitors that do not take photographs inside the museum. - This is incorrect because the modal verb "do not" in the reported speech is grammatically incorrect.
- The guard warned the visitors not to be taking photographs inside the museum. - This is incorrect because the verb "be taking" in the reported speech suggests that the guard was warning the visitors to stop taking photographs, but the original sentence is a prohibition against taking photographs in the first place.
- The guard requested the visitors to not took photographs inside the museum. - This is incorrect because the modal verb "took" in the reported speech is in the past tense, but the reporting verb "said" is in the past tense.