Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech.
The teacher said that plants have life in them.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is option 1 i.e. The teacher said, “Plants have life in them.”
The given sentence is in indirect speech:
The teacher said that plants have life in them.
To convert it into direct speech, we put the exact words of the teacher inside quotation marks and use "said":
The teacher said, “Plants have life in them.”
Option 2 changes "said" to "says" (present tense) and changes "plants" to "a plant," which is incorrect.
Option 3 adds the word "too," which is not in the original sentence.
Option 4 changes the tense to "had," which changes the meaning.