Pick out the correct sentence in indirect narration of the following sentence:
She said to him, "Please wait here till I return"

Question

Pick out the correct sentence in indirect narration of the following sentence:

She said to him, "Please wait here till I return"

Option 1: She requested her to wait there till she returned. Option 2: She requested him to wait there till she returned. Option 3: She requested him to wait there till she returns. Option 4: She requests him to wait there till she had returned.

AfterBoards · Accepted Answer

Option 1 changes the person from 'him' to 'her', which is incorrect.
Option 2 correctly shifts from direct to indirect speech without changing the original meaning or subjects involved.
Option 3 incorrectly mixes tenses; 'returns' should be 'returned' to match the original past tense.
Option 4 incorrectly uses 'requests' in present tense and complicates the tense further with 'had returned'.

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