Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech.
Raza requested his parents to forgive him that time and promised never to play truant again.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 4 i.e. Raza said to his parents, “Please forgive me this time. I promise never to play truant again".
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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'That' will be omitted and Inverted commas will be used.
- If the sentence entails indirect commands, requests, advice, i.e. the sentence is imperative, the reporting verb will be changed to 'said' in the direct speech and the reported speech will begin with the word 'Please'.
- Next, change the pronoun 'him' to 'me' in the direct speech.
After following these steps, we got the direct speech as: Raza said to his parents, “Please forgive me this time. I promise never to play truant again".
Hence, the correct answer is Option 4 i.e. Raza said to his parents, “Please forgive me this time. I promise never to play truant again".