Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech.
The students asked how they would benefit from online classes.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 4 i.e. The students said, “How will we benefit from online classes?”
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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The comma and inverted commas will be added.
- In interrogative sentences, if a verb of inquiry, e.g. ask, wonder, want to know etc. is used, it must be changed to the introductory verb i.e. 'said'.
- 'How' will be used as a conjunction because we know that in an interrogative sentence with a question word, the question word itself is used as a conjunction.
- Next, the pronoun 'they' will be changed into the pronoun 'we'.
- Also, in the reported speech "would" is changed into "will".
After following these steps, we got the direct speech as: The students said, “How will we benefit from online classes?”
Hence, the correct answer is Option 4 i.e. The students said, “How will we benefit from online classes?”