A sentence is provided in direct speech. From the four given options, choose the one that most accurately conveys the sentence in its corresponding indirect speech. She said to me, “Open the window.”

Correct — B. 'Open the window' is an imperative, a command. A reported command takes a verb such as told, then the listener, then a to-infinitive.

So said to me becomes told me, and open becomes to open: 'She told me to open the window.' → option (b).

Why the others are wrong

• (a)
  She told me open the window. — Drops to: 'told me open' is ungrammatical. Tell + listener takes a to-infinitive, so it must be told me to open.
• (c)
  She told me opening the window. — Opening is an -ing form. A reported command after told me needs the to-infinitive: told me to open.
• (d)
  She said me to open the window. — Said me is ungrammatical. Say takes the listener only through to (said to me), while tell takes it directly (told me).

Reporting a command changes its shape. The reporting verb becomes told, ordered, asked or requested to suit the tone, the listener follows it, and the command becomes a to-infinitive.

A negative command takes not to: 'Don't open the window' becomes She told me not to open the window.

The infinitive carries no tense, so a reported command has no verb to backshift.

Key facts

• A reported command: told, ordered or asked + listener + to-infinitive, as in She told me to open the window.
• Say takes the listener only through to (said to me), while tell takes it directly (told me).
• A negative command is reported with not to: She told me not to open the window.

Common traps

• Writing said me to — say never takes the listener without to.
• Dropping to after told me — the command becomes a to-infinitive, not a bare verb.

No directly related past PYQ was found.