Select the most appropriate direct form of the given sentence.
She enquired if all those potatoes were to be peeled for dinner.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. She said, “Are all these potatoes to be peeled for dinner?”
- The given sentence is in form of an imperative sentence. The direct form will be in an interrogative form starting with a helping verb.
- So, enquired will be changed into said.
- The conjunction 'if' will be removed. It will be replaced with a comma and an inverted comma
- The helping verb 'were to be peeled' will be changed into 'are to be peeled'.
- these will be used in place of those.
- Question mark will be used in place of a full stop.
The correct form of direct speech is-
She said, “Are all these potatoes to be peeled for dinner?