Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech.
The children said to the nurse, “Reema slipped and fell from the stairs.”
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 2 i.e. The children told the nurse that Reema had slipped and fallen from the stairs.
The given sentence is in direct speech, to convert this sentence into indirect speech we need to follow the following points:
- Inverted commas will get omitted and 'that' will be used.
- In case the sentence gives indirect commands, requests, advice, they are usually expressed by a verb of command/request/advice. Therefore, the reporting verb said changes to 'told'.
- Now, we can see that the reporting speech is in simple past tense. Hence, it will be converted to past perfect tense i.e. 'slipped' will change to 'had slipped' and 'fell' will change to 'fallen'.
After following these steps, we got the indirect speech as: The children told the nurse that Reema had slipped and fallen from the stairs.
Hence, the correct answer is Option 2 i.e. The children told the nurse that Reema had slipped and fallen from the stairs.