Choose the option that is the most appropriate conversion of the following sentence into Direct Speech.
He warned the children not to play near the exposed wires as it was dangerous.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
Correct Answer: He said to the children, "Don't play near the exposed wires as it is dangerous."
Explanation
• Imperative sentence conversion: The phrase "warned the children not to play" is an indirect negative command that converts to "said to the children, 'Don't play...'" in direct speech.
• Tense shift: When converting from indirect to direct speech, the past tense "was" shifts back to the simple present tense "is".
• Other choices are grammatically incorrect or retain the past tense inside the quotation marks.