Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech.
The actor said that what he did in films was something he had never attempted in real life.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 1 i.e. The actor said, “What I do in films is something I have never attempted in real life".
The given sentence is in indirect speech, to convert this sentence into direct speech we need to follow the following points:
- 'That' will be omitted and Inverted commas will be used.
- The reporting verb is in simple past tense i.e. 'said', hence, it will remain unchanged.
- In the reporting speech, change the past tense form i.e. 'did' into present tense form i.e. 'do' and the past perfect tense i.e. 'had never attempted' into present perfect tense i.e. 'have never attempted', when converting into direct speech.
- Next, the second person pronoun 'he' will be changed to first person pronoun 'I' in direct speech.
After following these steps, we got the direct speech as: The actor said, “What I do in films is something I have never attempted in real life".
Hence, the correct answer is Option 1 i.e. The actor said, “What I do in films is something I have never attempted in real life".