Select the option that expresses the given sentence in Direct Speech.
He said that he couldn't remember her name.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
Correct Answer: He said, "I can't remember her name."
Explanation
• To convert an indirect statement into direct speech, reverse the standard rules of narration.
• Modal change: The past modal couldn't in indirect speech reverts to its present form can't in direct speech when the reporting verb is in the past tense (said).
• Pronoun change: The third-person pronoun he refers back to the speaker and changes to the first-person pronoun I.
• The conjunction that is dropped, and the reported words are placed inside quotation marks preceded by a comma.