Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech.
Her parents asked her if the match proposed by them would be acceptable to her.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 1 i.e. Her parents said to her, “Will the match proposed by us be acceptable to you?”
The given sentence is in indirect speech, to convert this sentence into direct speech we need to follow the following points:
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'That' will be omitted and Inverted commas will be used.
- If the sentence introduces a verb of inquiry, e.g. ask, wonder, want to know etc., it will be changes to 'said' in the direct speech.
- As the sentence is an interogative sentence, threfore, in the reporting speech, the word 'Will' be used.
- Now, change the past perfect tense i.e. 'planned' into present tense i.e. 'plan'.
- Next, change the pronoun 'her' to 'you' and 'them' will be changed to 'us' in the reprting speech when converting to direct speech.
After following these steps, we got the direct speech as: Her parents said to her, “Will the match proposed by us be acceptable to you?”
Hence, the correct answer is Option 1 i.e. Her parents said to her, “Will the match proposed by us be acceptable to you?”