CSEET · Business Communication · Essentials of Good English
Choose the correct indirect speech for: The director said, "Let us review the proposal tomorrow."
The correct report is 'The director suggested that they review the proposal the next day.' 'Let us' signals a suggestion, so 'suggested that' is used, 'us' becomes 'they', and 'tomorrow' changes to 'the next day'.
- AThe director said that let us review the proposal the next day.
- BThe director suggested that they review the proposal the next day.Correct
- CThe director ordered that we reviewed the proposal tomorrow.
- DThe director suggested to review the proposal tomorrow.
Explanation
'Let us' expresses a proposal, so it is reported with 'suggested that', with 'us' becoming 'they' and 'tomorrow' becoming 'the next day'. Option 1 keeps the direct form, option 3 wrongly uses 'ordered', and option 4 leaves 'tomorrow' unchanged and is ungrammatical.
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