Question : Select the correct indirect narration of the given sentence.
Dev said to his mother, “Don’t worry we’ll soon find a way out of this crisis.”
Option 1: Dev assured his mother not to worry as they could soon find a way out of this crisis.
Option 2: Dev told his mother not to worry as they would soon find a way out of that crisis.
Option 3: Dev said to his mother not to worry we’ll soon find a way out of this crisis.
Option 4: Dev said to his mother that she should not worry because we’ll soon find a way out of this crisis.
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Correct Answer: Dev told his mother not to worry as they would soon find a way out of that crisis.
Solution : The second option is the correct choice.
The steps of conversion are as follows:
- The reporting verb "said" is changed to "told" in the indirect speech.
- The direct imperative "don’t worry" is transformed into "not to worry" in the indirect speech.
- The pronoun "we" is changed to "they" to reflect the shift from the first person to the third person.
- The conjunction "as" is added to connect the two clauses and convey the reason or manner in which they would find a way out of the crisis.
Therefore, the correct answer is: "Dev told his mother not to worry as they would soon find a way out of that crisis."
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