Choose the option that is the most appropriate conversion of the following sentence into Direct Speech.
She said that she has started attending yoga classes because she wants to lose weight.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
Correct Answer: She said, "I have started attending yoga classes because I want to lose weight."
Explanation
Conjunction: The conjunction that is removed and replaced with a comma and quotation marks.
Pronoun change: The third-person pronoun she changes to the first-person pronoun I inside the direct speech because the speaker is referring to herself.
Verb agreement: Since the tense remains unchanged (present perfect and simple present), the auxiliary verb changes from has started to have started and wants to want to agree with the subject I.