Question

Change the Narration:
''Stand up on the benches,'' I said to the children.

Answer 1

Hint: Narration is what tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program. It can be either direct or indirect.

Complete answer:
Before solving the given question, the student needs to understand what narration is. Narration is of two types- direct or indirect.
Indirect or reported speech (grammar) is a form of speech used to express what another has said; often involves a change in tense.
For example- She was told by Mahima to finish her work.
Direct speech is (grammar) the writing of speech, using the exact words of the speaker, usually between quotation marks.
For example- Mahima said to her, “Finish your work.”

The given imperative sentence (it includes an order, thus imperative) in the question is indirect speech, as it includes quotation marks. We have to change it into indirect or reported speech.

To do so, the command, which is ‘Stand up on the benches’, must become an infinitive by adding a ‘to’ before it.

Thus, the correct answer will be-
I told the students to stand up on the benches.

Note:
In this question, it will be helpful for the students to recall what an imperative sentence is. An imperative sentence is a type of sentence that gives instructions or advice and expresses a command, an order, a direction, or a request.