Choose the correct indirect narration of the following statement from the given alternatives:
King Midas said, 'Daughter, take your breakfast and bring a few roses from the garden.'
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The original sentence in direct narration is:
King Midas said, 'Daughter, take your breakfast and bring a few roses from the garden.'
To convert direct speech into indirect speech, we must apply the following changes:
Reporting Verb: Since the speaker is giving a command or making a request, 'said' is changed to 'asked' or 'ordered'.
Pronoun Change: The second-person pronoun 'your' must be changed to 'her' to refer to the daughter, who is being addressed.
Verb Form: The imperative verbs ('take', 'bring') are typically preceded by 'to' (to take, to bring) in indirect narration of commands.
Therefore, the correct conversion is: 'King Midas asked his daughter to take her breakfast and bring a few roses from the garden.'