A sentence has been given in direct/indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select one which best expresses the same sentence in indirect/direct speech.
“Do not ride the motorcycle with your friends late in the night.”, said Mr. Sharma to his son.
a) Mr. Sharma asked his son that he should not ride the motorcycle with his friends late in the night.
b) Mr. Sharma forbade his son not to ride the motorcycle with his friends late in the night.
c) Mr. Sharma advised his son not to ride the motorcycle with his friends late in the night.
d) Mr. Sharma advised his son that he would not ride the motorcycle with his friends late in the night.
Sol:
Option c is the right answer, said to is changed into ‘advised’ and conjunction ‘not to ‘ is used for the negative sentence the remaining sentence is written in same tense, ‘forbade’ is used for negative sentence but conjunction ‘not to ‘makes it double negative which is incorrect.
