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, “Let him not be disturbed during the meeting.”

Correct — B. The trigger is Let him: the speaker is not asking anyone for permission, she is saying what should happen to a third person.

Indirect speech drops 'let' and carries that instruction with should in a that-clause: 'that he should not be disturbed'.

The passive 'be disturbed' and 'during the meeting' carry over, and the reporting verb changes to fit the sense — here 'advised' → option (b).

Why the others are wrong

• (a)
  She asked not to disturb him during the meeting. — Asked has no object, so 'asked not to disturb him' reads as a request about her own action, as in 'asked to leave'. An instruction to others needs an object — 'asked them not to disturb him'.
• (c)
  She said that let him not be disturbed. — Keeps the direct-speech let inside a that-clause, which needs a subject and a finite verb: 'that he should not be disturbed'. It also drops 'during the meeting'.
• (d)
  She ordered no one disturb him. — Drops during the meeting, so a ban limited to the meeting becomes open-ended. It also rebuilds the sentence around 'no one', a subject the original never names.

Let + a third person can state a wish or instruction about someone rather than give a command to the listener. 'Let him not be disturbed' means 'he should not be disturbed'.

Indirect speech reports such a sentence with a that-clause + should, under a reporting verb that fits the tone: advised, ordered, suggested.

The rest of the sentence — the passive, the time phrase — carries over.

Key facts

• 'Let him not be disturbed' is reported as 'that he should not be disturbed': let drops out and should carries the instruction.
• A that-clause needs a subject and a finite verb, so 'said that let him not be disturbed' is ungrammatical.
• Ask + to-infinitive with no object is the subject's own request: 'She asked to leave' means she wanted to leave.
• An imperative to a listener is reported with told or asked + object + to-infinitive: 'Open the window' → 'She told me to open the window'.

Common traps

• Reporting it like an ordinary imperative with no object — 'asked not to disturb him' then reads as her own request.
• Accepting a report that drops 'during the meeting' — the question asks which option conveys the whole sentence.

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