Select the option that expresses the given sentence in Direct Speech.
She told us that she had not seen the movie.

Correct option is C

The correct direct speech is (c).
The correct indirect/ direct speech is (c) “She said, ‘I had not seen the movie.’”
Explain the rules of conversion in detail.
· Identify the reporting verb & tense: The original sentence uses a past reporting verb ( told). The reported clause is in past perfect (“had not seen”).
· Reverse to direct speech carefully: When indirect speech shows past perfect, the safest direct reconstruction keeps past perfect inside quotes: “I had not seen …”
· Pronoun change: In direct speech, the speaker refers to herself as I (not “she”).
· Reporting verb framing: “told us that …” can map to “said, ‘…’” (or “said to us, ‘…’”). Since options use said, we choose that.
· Punctuation: Remove that, use quotation marks; place the comma before the opening quote.
Why the other options are incorrect:
· (a) didn’t saw → wrong verb form after didn’t (should be didn’t see). Also, past simple doesn’t mirror the indirect past perfect given.
· (b) haven’t see → wrong construction of present perfect (should be haven’t seen). Present perfect also clashes with the backshift implied by the indirect sentence.
· (d) Uses She inside the quotes; in direct speech the speaker would say I, not She.
Information booster (exceptions): Sometimes past simple / present perfect in direct may both become past perfect in indirect after a past reporting verb. When reconstructing from indirect → direct, prefer the closest tense signalled by the indirect form (here, past perfect).