Directions: Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech. Bharati told Rakesh to call her when he reached there.

Explanation

The correct answer is “Call me when you reach there”, Bharati told Rakesh . Key Points The given sentence is an indirect speech . The basic rules for changing or converting indirect speech into direct speech : The commas and inverted commas are added. The third person 'he' will be changed into the second person 'you'. The past simple tense format ' Subject + V2 (reached) + Object ' will be changed into the present simple tense format ' Subject + V1 (reach) + Object '. From the following rules, we get the correct sentence as- option 3. Additional Information The following table will enable us to know how tense changes into Indirect speech: Direct Speech Indirect Speech Present simple (Subject +V1st + Object) Past simple (Subject +V2 + Object) Present continuous (Subject +is/am/are+V1 +ing+ Object) Past Continuous (Subject +was/were+V1 +ing+ Object) Present perfect (Subject + has/have+V3+Object) Past perfect (Subject+had+V3+Object) Past simple (Subject+V2+Object) Past perfect (Subject+had+V3+Object) Past Continuous (Subject +was/were+V1 +ing+ Object) Past perfect continuous (Subject +had been+V1 +ing+ Object) Future simple (Subject+ will/shall+V1+object) Present Conditional (Subject+ would+V1+object) Future Continuous (Subject +will/shall+be+V1 +ing+ Object) Conditional Continuous (Subject +would+be+V1 +ing+ Object)