English
Narration
Imperative Sentence
Question #7827 (CAT-I)
Change the narration of the sentence:
The instructor said to the cadets, "Stand at attention and keep your eyes straight."
A
The instructor ordered the cadets to stand at attention and kept their eyes straight.
B
The instructor told to the cadets that stand at attention and keep your eyes straight.
C
The instructor commanded the cadets to stand at attention and keep their eyes straight.
D
The instructor asked the cadets for standing at attention and keeping their eyes straight.
• Military commands are best converted using the reporting verb 'commanded'.
• The conjunction 'and' joins two imperative clauses, both of which take the infinitive form (to stand... and keep...).
• Pronoun 'your' changes to 'their' matching the third-person perspective of the reporting object (cadets).