Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Direct/indirect

Question:

Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

Mother said to Megha, “Leave for your office now.”

Options:

Mother said to Megha leave for her office then.

Mother told to Megha to leave for her office now.

Mother told Megha to leave for her office then.

Mother told Megha to leave for your office now.

Correct Answer:

Mother told Megha to leave for her office then.

Explanation:

he correct indirect form of the given sentence is:

Mother told Megha to leave for her office now.

The other options are incorrect:

  • Mother said to Megha leave for her office then. This is incorrect because the tense of the reported speech is in the present tense, but the reporting verb is in the past tense.
  • Mother told to Megha to leave for her office now. This is incorrect because the preposition "to" is missing before the subject "Meghna".
  • Mother told Megha to leave for your office then. This is incorrect because the pronoun "your" is used incorrectly.
  • Mother told Megha to leave for your office now. This is incorrect because the pronoun "your" is used incorrectly.