Question

Choose the correct indirect form of the given sentence. "Don't go near the beach, Alan", the mother said.

• A. The mother told Alan don't go near the beach.
• B. The mother told Alan you don't go near the beach.
• C. The mother told him not to go near the beach.
• D. The mother told Alan not to go near the beach.

Answer 1

Answer:

D. The mother told Alan not to go near the beach.

While reporting a sentence,  
• find out the reporting verb
• add conjunction 'that' to it
• The double inverted commas, should be removed
• The tense of that part of the sentence within the inverted commas, should be changed.

The tense within the double inverted commas,
 1. if simple present, should be changed to simple past
 2. If simple past, should be changed to past perfect.