Choose the correct indirect narration of the following statement from the given alternatives: The mother said to the child, "Don't touch the hot iron."
The mother warned the child not to touch the hot iron.
Converting a negative command to indirect speech uses a reporting verb of command plus 'not to' + base verb.
The original is a prohibition ('Don't touch'), so a suitable reporting verb is 'warned' (or 'told').
The correct pattern is 'warned the child not to touch the hot iron', using the base verb 'touch'.
Therefore option 1 is correct.
Option 2 wrongly uses the past form 'touched' after 'not to', which must take the base verb.
Option 3 uses 'not to be touching', an incorrect continuous form for a simple command.
Option 4 uses 'never to touching', which is ungrammatical after 'to'.
Hence the correct indirect narration is The mother warned the child not to touch the hot iron.
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