Select the most appropriate direct form of the given sentence.
She asked if anyone had found her brooch.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. She said, “Has anyone found my brooch?”'
- Reporting verb say, said to, or said is used in the correct tense.
- Conjunctions like "that, to, if or whether etc" are removed whenever the need be.
- Question mark, exclamation mark or full stop are inserted when needed.
- Whenever the reporting verb is in the past tense, past tense is converted into the present tense.
- Past perfect tense is either converted into simple past tense or present perfect tense.
The correct sentence is-
She said, “Has anyone found my brooch?”