Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech.
The reporter said that an event had been organised for the President the previous day.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 3 i.e. The reporter said, ”An event was organised for the President yesterday.”
Given sentence: The reporter said that an event had been organised for the President the previous day.
In direct speech, we need to add commas and inverted commas, and the conjunction 'that' is removed.
'Previous day' is changed to 'yesterday' and 'had been' is replaced by 'was'.
So, the final sentence is:
The reporter said, ”An event was organised for the President yesterday.”