Explanation

A mother told her son not to play in the sunshine and to sit under the tree shade. 

• Indirect speech reports what someone said without quoting them directly.
• The infinitive form (“not to play,” “to sit”) is used in reported commands or advice.

Explanation

When changing the narration from direct to indirect speech:

• The past continuous tense "was playing" changes to past perfect continuous "had been playing."
• This shift occurs if the reporting verb is in the present tense ("says").

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Explanation

Direct Speech:

He said, “Hurrah! we have won the match.”

Correct Indirect Sentence

He exclaimed with joy that they had won the match.

• “Hurrah!” shows joy, so we use “exclaimed with joy”.
• “we” → “they” (pronoun change).
• “have won” → “had won” (present perfect → past perfect because the reporting verb is past).

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Explanation

•  In indirect speech, the imperative sentence "Don't sleep" is converted into "You are instructed not to sleep."
• The reporting verb "instructed" is used to convey the command.

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Explanation