Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct voice.
The detective asked the suspect how he could have committed the crime without leaving any evidence when the security cameras had been recording all night.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
To convert this to the direct voice, we need to reverse the changes typically made during indirect speech conversion:
The reporting clause 'The detective asked the suspect' remains, followed by a comma and quotation marks.
The question word 'how' becomes part of the direct question inside the quotes.
The subject 'he' (referring to the suspect) changes back to 'you'.
The verb 'could have committed' remains the same as 'could you have committed' in a question format, as 'could' does not change tense when converting between direct and indirect speech.
The past perfect continuous tense 'had been recording' in the subordinate clause needs to revert to its original tense, which is the past continuous tense: 'were recording'.
Option A correctly implements all these changes.