Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech. "Stop! Don't fight." said the mother to her children.
The mother exclaimed angrily to her children to stop and not fight.
The correct answer is The mother exclaimed angrily to her children to stop and not fight.
(Alternatively: He told her not to go there.) Exclaimed: Can be used when the command is given with strong emotion. → She exclaimed to them to run. In the given sentence, "Stop! Don't fight!" from a mother to fighting children strongly implies urgency and perhaps anger, making "exclaimed angrily" a fitting choice for the reporting phrase.
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