Choose the correct direct speech form of the following sentence.
They requested the officer to permit them to go on leave for three days.

Correct option is B

The correct indirect/ direct speech is (b).
Explain the rules of conversion in detail.
· Imperative/request sentences in direct speech generally use “Please + V¹” or verbs like kindly/let. In indirect speech they become “requested/asked + object + to + V¹”.
· To convert the given indirect sentence back to direct, replace “requested … to + V¹” with “said to + object, ‘Please + V¹ …’”.
· Pronoun shift: them → us (speakers refer to themselves when addressing the officer).
· Structure:
· Direct: Subject + said to + Object, “Please + V¹ …”
· Indirect: Subject + requested/asked + Object + to + V¹ …
· Why (b) fits: It restores the polite request using “Please permit us to go on leave for three days.” with correct base verb permit and pronoun us.
· Why others are wrong:
· (a) permit us going (incorrect after permit; use to + V¹). by three days is unidiomatic; correct is for three days.
· (c) them (wrong pronoun) and goes (incorrect verb form after to).
· (d) Unnatural imperative framing “Request to permit…”, not how direct requests are expressed.