English
Narration
Imperative Sentence
Question #7832 (CAT-I)
Choose the correct indirect form of the sentence:
The art teacher said to her students, "Let us draw a landscape of mountains and rivers."
A
The art teacher proposed to her students that they should draw a landscape of mountains and rivers.
B
The art teacher told her students to let us draw a landscape of mountains and rivers.
C
The art teacher asked her students let them draw a landscape of mountains and rivers.
D
The art teacher ordered her students that draw a landscape of mountains and rivers.
• Sentences beginning with 'Let us' expressing a suggestion take 'proposed to' or 'suggested to' as the reporting verb.
• The conjunction 'that' is used, followed by the subject ('we' or 'they') and 'should' (they should draw).
• Option A captures this transformation perfectly.