In the questions below the sentences have been given in Direct/Indirect speech. From the given alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the given sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.'If you don't keep quiet I shall shoot you', he said to her in a calm voice.a)He warned her to shoot if she didn't keep quiet calmly.b)He said calmly that I shall shoot you if you don't be quiet.c)He warned her calmly that he would shoot her if she didn't keep quiet.d)Calmly he warned her that be quiet or else he will have to shoot her.Correct answer is option 'C'. Can you explain this answer?

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Explanation:

In this sentence, the speaker is warning someone that if they do not keep quiet, he will shoot them. The sentence is in Direct speech, which means that the speaker's exact words are being quoted.

To convert this sentence into Indirect speech, we need to rephrase it so that it is reported rather than quoted. When reporting speech, we need to make some changes to the sentence structure and verb tense.

The correct answer is Option C:

'He warned her calmly that he would shoot her if she didn't keep quiet.'

Here's why:

Reporting verbs:
- The verb 'said' in the Direct speech sentence needs to be changed to 'warned' in the Indirect speech sentence to accurately convey the meaning of the sentence.

Pronouns:
- In the Direct speech sentence, the speaker says 'I shall shoot you'. In the Indirect speech sentence, we need to change the pronoun 'I' to 'he' to refer to the speaker in the third person.

Verb tense:
- In the Direct speech sentence, the verb tense is in the future ('I shall shoot you'). In the Indirect speech sentence, we need to change the verb tense to the conditional ('he would shoot her') to accurately report the speaker's warning.

Adverb:
- The adverb 'calmly' describes the manner in which the speaker warned her. We need to keep it in the Indirect speech sentence to accurately convey the tone of the warning.

Therefore, the correct option is C, 'He warned her calmly that he would shoot her if she didn't keep quiet.'

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In this, he is warning her in calm voice so ans starts with *he warned her calmly*
now drop inverted comas and put * that*
now ' I shall shoot you' will be changed as 'I' is first person which changes according to subject i.e. into 'he' shall - would shoot and 'you ' is second person which changes according to object i.e. into 'her'

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