English » Direct Indirect Speech

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech.

The teacher said, “Asif, go and wash your hands.”

A

The teacher told Asif go and wash his hands. 

B

The teacher told Asif to go and wash his hands. 

C

The teacher told Asif go and wash your hands. 

D

The teacher told to Asif to go and wash his hands. 

Solution

rules to make indirect voice of imperative sentence are as follows;

for removal of commas conjunction 'to' is used .

said asif is changed into told asif 

so the correct sentence is option B that is the teacher told asif to go and wash his hands.