Remember to brush your teeth after dinner, "she said. The indirect form of the sentence is:
Correct answer: B. She reminded him to brush his teeth after dinner.
- A. She told him to remember to brush his teeth after dinner.
- B. She reminded him to brush his teeth after dinner.
- C. She advised him to remember to brush his teeth after dinner.
- D. She said to him to remember to brush his teeth after dinner.
Explanation
Indirect Speech = Reported SpeechIndirect speech differs from direct speech in that we DO NOT tell exactly what another person said. We are NOT repeating what someone else said. John says: I'm a good boy.We say: John said he was a good boy.
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Direct speech gives a speaker’s exact words, whereas indirect speech reports the meaning without quotation marks. Questions cover reporting verbs, pronoun changes, tense backshift, time and place expressions, punctuation, and the transformation of questions, commands and requests, including cases where backshift is not required.
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