Choose the correct transformation of the given sentence in Indirect Speech:
Jasleen said to her cousins, “Let us fly kites from here tomorrow.”
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Jasleen suggested to her cousins that they should fly kites from there the next day.
Changing a “Let us” sentence into indirect speech:
| Change | Direct | Indirect | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reporting verb | said to her cousins | suggested to her cousins | “Let us” puts forward a plan for the group. So “said to” becomes “suggested to”. |
| Joining word | “ ” (quotation marks) | that | “That” joins the suggestion. |
| Let us → they should | Let us fly | they should fly | “Us” means Jasleen and her cousins together, so it becomes “they”. “Let us fly” becomes “they should fly”. |
| Time and place words | here, tomorrow | there, the next day | The words are reported later and somewhere else. So “here” becomes “there” and “tomorrow” becomes “the next day”. |
| Full sentence | Jasleen said to her cousins, “Let us fly kites from here tomorrow.” | Jasleen suggested to her cousins that they should fly kites from there the next day. |
A “Let us not” sentence takes “should not” in the same way. Example: Om said to us, “Let us not make noise in the library.” → Om suggested to us that we should not make noise in the library.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 2: Jasleen suggested to her cousins that they should fly kites from here the next day. — Incorrect. The place word “here” is not changed. In the report it becomes “there”.
Option 3: Jasleen suggested to her cousins that let them fly kites from there the next day. — Incorrect. “Let them” keeps the spoken form after “that”. “Let us” must become “they should” + verb.
Option 4: Jasleen suggested her cousins that they should fly kites from there the next day. — Incorrect. “Suggest” needs “to” before the person: “suggested to her cousins”.