Directions : In the following questions, change the Statements given in Direct…

Concept: In indirect (reported) speech, a negative imperative — “Don’t + V₁” — is reported using the infinitive pattern “not + to + V₁”. Also, when the direct-speech sentence names the person addressed (an object), the reporting verb “said to” changes to “told <object>” instead of remaining “said to”.

Application: The direct speech is: He said to Anil, “Don’t move.” Anil is the named object, so “said to” becomes “told Anil”. The negative command “Don’t move” becomes the infinitive “not to move”. Combining both conversions gives: “He told Anil not to move.”

• “He told Anil don’t move.” changes the reporting verb correctly to “told” but leaves the command in its original imperative wording “don’t move” instead of the infinitive “not to move”.

• “He said to Anil not to move.” converts the command correctly to “not to move” but leaves the reporting verb as “said to” instead of changing it to “told” for the named object.

• “He told Anil to not to move.” changes the reporting verb correctly but inserts an extra “to” before the infinitive, giving the ungrammatical “to not to move” instead of “not to move”.

Cross-check: Applying both rules together — reporting-verb change to “told” for the named object, and infinitive conversion “not to move” for the negative command — both hold together only in “He told Anil not to move.”