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    Question

    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in

    reported speech. The manager said to his employees, “As it is high time for the company no one will leave before 6 PM.”
    A The manager requested his employees to not leave before 6 PM as it was high time for the company. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B The manager asked the employees to not leave before 6 PM as it is high time for the company. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C The manager forbade his employees from leaving before 6 PM as it was high time for the company. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D The manager said that no one would leave before 6 PM as it is high time for the company. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    In the sentence the subject is holding his employees from doing something i.e. he is forbidding his employees from doing an action which is to leave early before office hours. Hence the reporting verb ‘forbade’ would be used.

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