Change the sentence given below from Indirect to Direct speech :

Father ordered his son to run :

Father said to his son, "Run".

The correct answer is option 4: Father said to his son, "Run".

The given sentence in Indirect speech is: "Father ordered his son to run."

Now, let's convert it into Direct speech:

In Direct speech, we represent the speaker's words exactly as they were spoken. In this case, "Father ordered his son to run" can be directly quoted as what the father said.

So, the correct conversion is: "Father said to his son, 'Run'."

Here, we have the reporting verb "said" followed by the reporting clause "to his son," and then we directly quote the father's command, "Run," enclosed in quotation marks.

The other options are not as accurate:

• Option 1: Father said to his son, "To run" — Incorrect. An imperative sentence (order/command) is changed into the direct form using the base verb, not with “to + verb”.

  Option 2: Father ordered son, "To Run" — Incorrect. In direct speech, the reporting verb “ordered” is usually not used before the exact command. Also, “to run” is the indirect speech structure.

  Option 3: Father said, "I am ordering you run" — Incorrect. This changes the structure and is grammatically incorrect. The direct command should be in the imperative form.