She said to her brother, 'Don't make a noise.' MCQ with Answer and Explanation

She said to her brother, 'Don't make a noise.'
A. She forbade her brother from making a noise.
B. She forbade her brother to make a noise.
C. She said to her brother don't make a noise.
D. She told her brother not to make a noise.
Answer: Option D
Solution (By JKSSB Mock Tests)
Negative imperative is correctly reported as 'told + object + not + to-infinitive'. While 'forbade' is also used, its structure is 'forbade + object + to-infinitive' (without 'not'), so option A is incorrect.

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