Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.
The little girl said that those butterflies were very colourful.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. The little girl said, “These butterflies are very colourful.”
- The direct speech needs to be enclosed in quotation marks to show the exact words spoken. The sentence starts with a capital letter inside the quotation marks and ends with a period.
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In the direct speech, “those” remains as it is because it refers to specific butterflies visible to the speaker at the moment. The tense “were” in the indirect speech is changed to “are” to reflect the present tense used in direct speech.
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“The little girl said, ‘Those butterflies are very colorful.’” accurately represents the words spoken, with correct punctuation and tense usage.