Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech.
The teacher said, “Asif, go and wash your hands.”
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct option is:
The teacher told Asif to go and wash his hands.
The other options are incorrect because they do not follow these rules:
- The teacher told Asif go and wash your hands. - This sentence does not change the present tense to the past tense.
- The teacher told Asif go and wash his hands. - This sentence does not add the word "to" before the infinitive verb.
- The teacher told to Asif to go and wash his hands. - This sentence is grammatically incorrect.