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    Question

    Select the option that expresses the given sentence in

    reported speech. "Be careful while crossing the road," the mother told her child.
    A The mother told her child to be careful while crossing the road. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B The mother asked her child to be careful while crossing the road. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C The mother warned her child to be careful while crossing the road Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D The mother suggested her child to be careful while crossing the road. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    The reported verb should be ‘warned’ as crossing road can be risky. In the reported speech neither an assertion is being made nor a question being asked and nor something is being suggested.

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