alleryDirect: The mother said, 'Sleep now, my child.' Indirect form is
AThe mother ordered child sleep
BThe mother said her child to sleep now
CThe mother asked her child sleep
DThe mother told her child to sleep then
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. The mother told her child to sleep then
1. Imperative -> 'told/ordered + object + to + V1'.
2. Adverb 'now' becomes 'then'.
3. Hence option A.
_Source: jkchrome.com SSC Direct-Indirect Speech PDF (Mistral OCR), Imperative sentence rules + time_
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