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    Select the correct direct form of the given sentence. The ticket collector asked the passenger why he had not purchased a full ticket for his daug
    Question

    Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.
    The ticket collector asked the passenger why he had not purchased a full ticket for his daughter.

    A.

    The ticket collector said to the passenger, “Why haven’t you purchase a full ticket for your daughter?”

    B.

    The ticket collector said to the passenger, “Why didn’t you purchase a full ticket for your daughter?”

    C.

    The ticket collector said to the passenger, “Why he had not purchased a full ticket for his daughter?”

    D.

    The ticket collector said to the passenger, “Why haven’t you purchased a full ticket for his daughter?”

    Correct option is B

    The correct direct form is (b) “Why didn’t you purchase a full ticket for your daughter?” This maintains the past tense from the indirect statement.
    Direct speech- Direct speech, also known as quoted speech or direct quotation, is a way of reporting someone's exact words.
    Indirect speech- Indirect speech, also known as reported speech or indirect quotation, is a way of reporting someone's words or thoughts indirectly, without using their exact words.
    The following rules should be followed while converting an indirect speech to direct speech:
    · Use the reporting verb such as (say, said to) in its correct tense.
    · Put a comma before the statement and the first letter of the statement should be in capital letter.
    · Insert question mark, quotation marks, exclamation mark and full stop, based on the mood of the sentence.
    · Remove the conjunctions like (that, to, if or whether) wherever necessary.
    · Where the reporting verb is in past tense in indirect, change it to present tense in the direct speech.
    · Change the past perfect tense either into present perfect tense or past tense, as necessary.
    · Pronouns will be changed accordingly.

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