Choose the most appropriate option to change the narration (direct / indirect) of the given sentence.
“Go on, apply for the job,” said my best friend.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct option is 3. My best friend encouraged me to apply for the job.
Here, ‘Go’ should be changed to ‘encouraged’.
As the given sentence is a imperative sentence. Imperative sentences are those which contain the sense of Request, Command, advise, suggestion etc and always begin with the main verb. The subject 'You' is always implied.
- An imperative sentence gives a direct command. It can end in a period (full stop) or an exclamation mark, depending on the forcefulness of the command.
- The main verb in an imperative sentence is said to be in the imperative mood. In grammar, mood is the form a verb takes to show how it is to be regarded (e.g., as a fact, a command, a wish, an uncertainty).) There are three moods in English: the imperative mood, indicative mood, and the subjunctive mood.
- As imperative sentences have a command (or an order), a request, an advice or a suggestion, to change them into Indirect Speech, some specific verbs (i.e. requested, order, advised, forbade, suggested) replace the verbs (e.g. said, told) of reporting verb.