Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence.
“Press button A to start the machine,” said the instructor to the trainees.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 2 i.e The instructor told the trainees to press button A to start the machine.
Given sentence: “Press button A to start the machine,” said the instructor to the trainees.
The tense of the sentence is changed only when the reporting verb is in the past tense. Thus, the reporting verb said is changed to told.
To infinitive is used in place of commas and inverted commas followed by the 1st form of the verb.
So, the final sentence is:
The instructor told the trainees to press button A to start the machine.