Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.
She told her brother that she was going to meet her friend.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 4 i.e. She said to her brother, “I am going to meet my friend.
The given sentence is in indirect speech, to convert this sentence into direct speech we need to follow the following points:
- 'That' will be omitted and Inverted commas will be used.
- The reporting verb is in simple past tense i.e. 'said', will be used.
- In the reporting speech, change the past continuous tense form i.e. 'was going' into present continuous tense form i.e. 'do' and the past perfect tense i.e. 'had never attempted' into present perfect tense i.e. 'am going', when converting into direct speech.
- Next, the pronoun 'she' will be changed to pronoun 'I' in direct speech.
After following these steps, we got the direct speech as: She said to her brother, “I am going to meet my friend.
Hence, the correct answer is Option 4 i.e. She said to her brother, “I am going to meet my friend.