Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
"Please allow me to leave now," Ritika said to her teacher.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct option is: Ritika requested her teacher to allow her to leave now.
The other options are incorrect because they do not follow these rules:
- Ritika requested my teacher to allow her to leave now. - This sentence changes the subject of the reporting clause from "Ritika" to "my teacher."
- Ritika requested her teacher to allow her to leave then. - This sentence changes the adverb "now" to "then."
- Ritika requested her teacher to allow me to leave now. - This sentence changes the object of the infinitive verb from "her" to "me."