Select the option that expresses the given sentence in Direct Speech,
She said that she was going to the market.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
Indirect to direct speech conversion:
Tense Change: When converting from indirect speech (reported) back to direct speech, a past continuous tense ("was going") generally reverts to the present continuous tense ("am going") if the reporting verb is in the past tense ("said").
Pronoun Shift: The third-person pronoun "she" in the reported clause refers to the speaker, so it changes back to the first-person pronoun "I" in the direct quote.
Punctuation: Direct speech requires quotation marks and a comma separating the reporting verb from the spoken words.
Direct speech: She said, "I am going to the market."