Question

Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence : ‘‘Don’t push me’’, the beggar.

• A. The beggar requested them did not push me
• B. The beggar requested them not to push him
• C. The beggar told them whether to push him
• D. The beggar told them don’t push him

Answer 1

Answer:

B. The beggar requested them not to push him

"Don’t push me," said the beggar.

This is an imperative sentence (a command or request), and in indirect speech, such sentences usually change to:

[Subject] + requested/ordered/told + object + not to + base verb

Step-by-step conversion:

• Speaker: The beggar

• Verb type: Imperative (Don’t push)

• Reporting verb: requested (polite way)

• Object: them

• "Don’t push me" → "not to push him" (me → him, since we're shifting from 1st to 3rd person)

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