Select the most appropriate direct form of the given sentence.
Veena informed me that there would be an online art class for the children at 4 o’clock that day.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. Veena said to me, “There will be an online art class for the children at 4 o’clock today.”.
The given sentence is in indirect speech.
The reporting verb "informed" is changed to "said to" to fit the direct speech format, resulting in "Veena said to me."
The phrase "there would be," which indicates the future in the past, is transformed into "there will be" to reflect a straightforward future tense appropriate for direct speech.
The time expression "that day" is replaced with "today," making the time reference immediate and current as it would be in a direct conversation.
The rest of the sentence structure remains largely the same to preserve the original meaning.
Therefore, the resulting direct speech sentence is "Veena said to me, 'There will be an online art class for the children at 4 o’clock today.'" This ensures that the sentence is grammatically correct and conveys the intended message in direct form.