Question

Choose the correct option to complete the sentence in indirect speech :

The policeman said, "Never jump the red light."
The policeman instructed us _______ the red light.

a)To never jump
b)For never jump
c)To never jumped
d)Never for jumping

Answer 1

Hint: Indirect speech is a means of expressing the content of statements, questions, or other utterance, without quoting them explicitly as is done indirect speech.

Complete answer:

 In grammar, indirect speech often makes use of certain syntactic structures such as content clauses(such as "that"), and sometimes infinitive phrases. References to questions in an indirect speech frequently take the form of interrogative content clauses, also called indirect questions. When written, indirect speech is not normally enclosed in quotation marks, for indicating that a direct quotation is being made. In the given question, we have to fill in space with the correct part of indirect speech. The sentence in indirect speech is, "The policeman instructed us ______ the red light". Now we will analyze the given options so that we can eliminate the wrong ones and find out the correct one. Option a is "to never jump", which is grammatically correct and can be used in the sentence of indirect speech. Option b "for never jump", is not correct, as "for" cannot be used with the present form of a verb(jump). Option c is "to never jumped" is also grammatically incorrect. Option d is "never for jumping", which cannot be used with the indirect form of speech. Hence, the correct answer is an option a, never jump. The sentence in indirect speech would be, "The policeman instructed us to never jump the red light".

Note: Indirect speech need not refer to a speech act that has actually taken place, it may also contain future or hypothetical course of action.