Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
"Press button A to start the machine," said the instructor to the trainees.

Options

A. The instructor told the trainees to press button A to start the machine.
B. The instructor requested the trainees press button A to start the machine.
C. The instructor told the trainees that pressing button A would start the machine.
D. The instructor said to the trainees that you should press button A to start the machine.

Answer

A

Explanation

The instructor told the trainees to press button A to start the machine.(Correct)
(b) The instructor `ul("requested")` the trainees press button A to start the machine. (Incorrect reported verb)
(c ) The instructor told the trainees that `ul("pressing")` button A would start the machine. ("pressing" is incorrect)
(d) The instructor said to the trainees that `ul("you")` should press button A to start the machine. (Incorrect pronoun)