Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech.
Father told the children that there was some good news for them that day.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 4 i.e. Father said to the children, “There is some good news for you today.”
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.
- 'Told' will be changed into 'said to' because in the given sentence reporting verb has an 'object'.
- Next, the pronoun 'them' will be changed into the pronoun 'you'.
- Also, 'that day' will be changed to 'today' when converting to direct speech.
- The simple past tense form will be changed into the simple present tense form in the reporting speech.
After following these steps, we got the direct speech as: Father said to the children, “There is some good news for you today.”
Hence, the correct answer is Option 4 i.e. Father said to the children, “There is some good news for you today.”