Look at the underlined part of sentence . Below each sentence, three possible situations for the underlined part are given. If one of them (A), (B) or (C) is better than the underlined part, choose that part (A), (B) or (C) as your answer. If none of these substitutions improves the sentence, choose (D) as your response. Thus a "No Improvement" response will be signified by the letter (D).

She told the children not to stop the work.

The correct answer is '4' i.e. No improvement .

Key Points

• The given sentence is a direct command where the subject is implied (the children).
• The correct format for negative commands is "not to [verb]".
• Options 1 and 3 are grammatically incorrect, and option 2 changes the sentence structure in a way that does not fit the context.

Correct sentence: She told the children not to stop the work.

Additional Information

• Commands and Requests:
  • Structure: Subject + told/asked + object + to/not to + base verb.
  • Example: She told him to finish his homework.
  • Example: The teacher asked the students not to talk during the exam.