(A) Manoj told Mira to not try to make a fool of me. (B) Manoj told Mira to not to try to make a fool of me. (C) Manoj told Mira not to try to make a fool of him. (D) Manoj told Mira do not try to make a fool of him.

(C) Manoj told Mira not to try to make a fool of him.

Manoj said to Mira, “Do not try to make a fool of me.”

English » Direct Indirect Speech

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

Manoj said to Mira, “Do not try to make a fool of me.”

Manoj told Mira to not try to make a fool of me.

Manoj told Mira to not to try to make a fool of me.

Manoj told Mira not to try to make a fool of him.

Manoj told Mira do not try to make a fool of him.

Solution

Narration change of imperative sentence

We change the “Reporting Verb” of direct speech into indirect speech according to the tense at the time of narration change. I have mentioned the reporting verb below.

Imperative Sentence

Direct

Indirect

Say

Order/request/advise/command

[,]

Aff- to

Neg- not to

When we change the reported speech of imperative sentences, we use “Order/ request/ advise/ command” instead of “Say/ Say to”. Then we use “To” for affirmative sentences and “Not to” for negative sentences instead of comma marks.