Question

Choose the correct indirect speech for the given sentence. Don’t open the door while I am away? A He asked me not to open the door while he was away.  B He told me not to open the door while he is away. C He asked me do not open the door while he was away. D He asked me not to open the door while I am away.  ​

Answer 1

Ответ:

A He asked me not to open the door while he was away.

Объяснение:

В остальных вариантах ошибки:

B He told me not to open the door while he is away. (не согласован глагол)

C He asked me do not open the door while he was away. (неверная передача повелительного наклонения в косвенной речи)

D He asked me not to open the door while I am away.  ​(неверно употреблены местоимение и глагол)

Answer 2

The correct indirect speech for the given sentence is A. He asked me not to open the door while he was away.

To convert direct speech to indirect speech, we need to follow some rules:

- Remove the quotation marks. - Use a reporting verb to introduce the indirect speech. For commands, we usually use verbs like asked, told, ordered, etc. - Change the tense of the verb in the quote if necessary. For commands, we usually use the to-infinitive form of the verb. - Change the pronouns and possessive adjectives to reflect the point of view of the reporter, not the original speaker. - Change the time and place expressions if the context is different from the original speech.

Let's apply these rules to the given sentence:

- Don’t open the door while I am away. (direct speech) - He asked me not to open the door while he was away. (indirect speech)

- We removed the quotation marks and used the reporting verb asked. - We changed the verb from don't open to not to open. - We changed the pronoun I to he and the verb am to was to match the tense of the reporting verb. - We did not change the time expression while, because it still makes sense in the indirect speech.

The other options are incorrect because they do not follow these rules:

- B. He told me not to open the door while he is away. (wrong tense of is) - C. He asked me do not open the door while he was away. (wrong verb form of do not open) - D. He asked me not to open the door while I am away. (wrong pronoun of I)