Question

Change any one of the following in indirect speech: The teacher said to the boys, "Do not make a noise in the class."

Hint:

For imperative sentences, use "told" as the reporting verb and convert the command into an infinitive form.

Answer 1

Step 1: Changing sentence into indirect speech.
This is an imperative sentence, so the reporting verb should be "told" or "ordered". The sentence in direct speech has a command, and when converting it to indirect speech, we use "not to" for negative commands.
Step 2: Indirect speech for sentence (ii):
The teacher told the boys not to make a noise in the class.
Step 3: Conclusion.
The indirect speech form of the given sentence is:
The teacher told the boys not to make a noise in the class.