English
Narration
Imperative Sentence
Question #7826 (CAT-I)
Convert the following sentence into indirect speech:
The landlord said to the tenant, "Pay the monthly rent by the fifth of every month."
A
The landlord ordered the tenant that he pays the monthly rent by the fifth of every month.
B
The landlord instructed the tenant to pay the monthly rent by the fifth of every month.
C
The landlord asked the tenant to should pay the monthly rent by the fifth of every month.
D
The landlord told the tenant for paying the monthly rent by the fifth of every month.
• An instruction or direction given by a superior or authority uses 'instructed' or 'told' as the reporting verb.
• The imperative structure takes the 'to-infinitive' form (to pay).
• Option B is the only grammatically correct conversion.