Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.
I told my parents not to worry about me.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 2 i.e. I said to my parents, “Don’t worry about me.”
The given sentence is in indirect speech, to convert this sentence into direct speech we need to follow the following points:
- Inverted comma will be used.
- The given sentence is an example of an imperative sentence.
- Usually in an imperative sentence Reporting Verb is changed to 'ordered, advised, requested, commanded, beg, forbade, suggested, proposed, assured, asked, reminded, warned, agreed, refused, promised, etc.
- But in the given question reporting verb is 'told', so, we have to transform sentences accordingly. 'Told' will be changed into 'said to'.
- We know that in imperative sentences 'not to/to' is added in indirect speech. So, in 'direct speech', 'not to' will be changed into 'don't.
After following these steps, we got the direct speech as: I said to my parents, “Don’t worry about me.”
Hence, the correct answer is Option 2 i.e. I said to my parents, “Don’t worry about me.”