Select the most appropriate direct form of the given sentence.
Garima told her friends that she couldn’t go with them to the movie that night as she was very busy.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 2 i.e Garima said to her friends, “I can’t go with you to the movie tonight as I am very busy.”
Given sentence: Garima told her friends that she couldn’t go with them to the movie that night as she was very busy.
The given sentence is in the simple past tense. In, direct speech, it will be converted to present simple tense.
We need to add commas and inverted commas in direct speech and that is removed.
Third-person "she" is changed to first-person "I" and third-person "them" is changed to second-person "you".
That night becomes tonight.
So, the final sentence is:
Garima said to her friends, “I can’t go with you to the movie tonight as I am very busy.”