Select the most appropriate direct form of the given sentence.
The teacher asked Avika what had happened to her and why her nose was bleeding.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. The teacher said to Avika, “What happened to you, Why is your nose bleeding?”
- This option is correct because firstly the direct form uses the second-person perspective.
- It is always important to either use the first or second person perspective for direct speech.
- Secondly, according to the rules of narration, if the indirect form portrays the past tense then it is necessary to use the corresponding present tense in its direct form of speech to make the same sense/meaning.
- Such has been applied in this option, whereas the rest of the given options fail to use the correct person perspective or the tense.