English » Direct Indirect Speech

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

The guard told the children to stay away from the flower beds.

A

The guard told to the children, “ Stay away from the flower beds.”

B

The guard says to the children, “ Stay away from the flower beds.”

C

The guard said, “Children, should you stay away from the flower beds.”

D

The guard said, “Children, stay away from the flower beds.”

Solution

following rules have been used here to change the speech of the given sentence.

said,"children, is changed into told children

commas inverted commas changed into to(conjuction for imparative sentence)

remaining sentence remains same.

so the answer is option D