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Direct: The teacher said, 'Open your books.' Indirect form is

AThe teacher asked us open the books
BThe teacher said that we open our books
CThe teacher ordered us to open our books
DThe teacher told that books open
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. The teacher ordered us to open our books
1. Imperative -> 'ordered/requested' + to-infinitive. 2. Pronouns adjust: 'your' becomes 'our' (assuming class). 3. Hence option A. _Source: jkchrome.com SSC Direct-Indirect Speech PDF (Mistral OCR), Imperative sentence rules_
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