Question : Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.
My mother told me that she would buy me a new dress the following week.
Option 1: My mother said to me, “I would buy you a new dress the following week.”
Option 2: My mother told to me, “I will buy you a new dress the next week.”
Option 3: My mother said to me, “She would buy me a new dress the following week.”
Option 4: My mother said to me, “I will buy you a new dress next week.”
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Correct Answer: My mother said to me, “I will buy you a new dress next week.”
Solution : The fourth option is the correct choice.
Narration Conversion:
- The reporting verb told is changed to said in the direct form.
- The connector that is replaced with a comma and inverted commas .
- The simple past tense will be changed to the simple future tense in direct speech. Thus, would is changed to will.
- The third-person pronoun she is replaced with the first-person pronoun l in the quoted words.
- The first-person pronoun me is replaced with you .
- The following week is changed to next week to accurately convey the time frame in the direct form.
- The words of the speaker are enclosed within quotation marks.
Therefore, the sentence in the direct form is: My mother said to me, "I will buy you a new dress next week ."
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