In the following question, a sentence is given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives choose the one which best expresses the sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech. Mina said, "Let’s go for a walk."

In the following question, a sentence is given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives choose the one which best expresses the sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech. Mina said, "Let’s go for a walk." Correct Answer Mina suggested that they should go for a walk.

The correct answer is Option 2 i. Mina suggested that they should go for a walk. 

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Changing the given direct speech to indirect we should. 

  • ​While changing the narration of an imperative sentence, we need to follow steps-
  • If the sentence is starting with "let us" and there is a proposal, we make the following changes-
    • The reporting verb said is changed into suggested or proposed.
    • The conjunction 'that' is used in place of commas and inverted commas.
    • We will convert the Given sentence from imperative to Assertive then make changes into like we do while changing the narration of an assertive sentence.
    • The assertive sentence for the given Imperative sentence will be- "We shall go for a walk."
    • The first person 'We' will be changed into 'they' and 'shall' will be changed into 'should'.

Eventually, we will get the final sentence- "Mina suggested that they should go for a walk."

Which is Option 2 and therefore the correct answer. 

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I had seen this road many years ago when my parents moved to Mundakotukurussi, our ancestral village. However, in those early years, I hadn't begun exploring the countryside. I stored the unknown road in my head under 'One Day I Will'. Ten years ago, when I recovered from a herniated disc, it was to discover that I had a useless left leg. Though I managed to lose the limp, I hated not being able to stride around as I used to. I needed a challenge to tell myself that I wasn't going to buckle to a creature called sciatica. Thus the 'One Day I Will' arrived. "Where does the road by the medical shop lead to?" I asked my parents while visiting them next. "Chalavara," they said. "It's not an easy road to walk on," my father added. "There are too many ups and downs." Chalavara was a superior grade of a village as compared to Mundakotukurussi, with a high school, a fine library, ATMs and several shops. But it also has two approach roads. The one I had chosen was a narrow back road used by the locals and that settled it for me. I needed to know for myself I could walk a road that wasn't going to be easy. And the next day, I would get up and walk that road again. What makes Chalavara better than Mundakotukurussi?