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Select the most appropriate direct form of the given sentence. She asked the drycleaner if he could dry clean her coat in a day’s time.
Question

Select the most appropriate direct form of the given sentence.
She asked the drycleaner if he could dry clean her coat in a day’s time.

A.

She said to the drycleaner, “Can he dry clean my coat in a day’s time?”

B.

She said to the drycleaner, “Could she dry clean her coat in a day’s time?”

C.

She said to the drycleaner, “Can you dry clean my coat in a day’s time?”

D.

She said to the drycleaner, “Will you dry clean her coat in a day’s time?”

Correct option is C


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.
Correct answer is “She said to the drycleaner, “Can you dry clean my coat in a day’s time?””
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.
Option (c) correctly converts the indirect question into direct speech, maintaining the polite inquiry's structure and pronoun consistency.

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