Select the most appropriate direct form of the given sentence.
He said that his new slippers were very comfortable.

Correct option is B

The correct direct speech is: He said, “My new slippers are very comfortable.”
Explanation:
In the indirect speech sentence:
He said that his new slippers were very comfortable.
To convert it to direct speech, we must:
1. Change the pronoun:
· “his” → my (since the speaker is "he" and he’s talking about his own slippers)
2. Tense backshift reversal:
· In indirect speech, “were” is the backshift of “are”
· Since the speaker is likely referring to a present state (the slippers are still comfortable), we convert “were” back to “are”
✔ So the direct form becomes:
“My new slippers are very comfortable.”
Rules of conversion (indirect → direct):
· Pronouns are adjusted to match the speaker's point of view.
· If the reporting verb ("said") is in the past tense, the tense of the reported clause is shifted back in indirect speech.
· When converting back to direct speech, restore the original tense unless the context clearly demands otherwise.
Why other options are incorrect:
· (a) “His new slippers...” – ❌ Does not change the pronoun to match the speaker’s voice.
· (c) “were very comfortable” – ❌ Possible, but less likely than “are” if the slippers are still comfortable at the time of speaking.
· (d) “have been very comfortable” – ❌ Tense doesn’t match the indirect structure. It introduces present perfect which wasn’t in the original.