Practice mode Change Of Speech

The teacher said to the students, “Open your books.” Which option gives its correct indirect speech?

Correct answer D. The teacher told the students to open their books.

Explanation

A command is reported with a verb such as "told" or "ordered" followed by the to-infinitive. "Your" changes to "their" to refer to the students.

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