Select the option that expresses the given sentence in Direct Speech.
She said that she had never encountered such behavior.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
Indirect to direct speech transformation:
The given sentence is in indirect speech: "She said that she had never encountered such behavior." When converting from indirect to direct speech:
The conjunction "that" is removed
The third-person pronoun "she" (the subject of the reported clause) changes back to the first-person pronoun "I" to reflect the speaker's own words.
The Past Perfect tense ("had never encountered") typically remains as Past Perfect in direct speech when it represents an action that was already completed in the past at the time of speaking. It may change to Present Perfect Tense ("have never encountered"), but in the option, base form is used in present perfect tense.
Direct speech: She said, "I had never encountered such behavior."