Question : Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.
She tells me that I am her lucky charm.
Option 1: She says to me, “You was my lucky charm.”
Option 2: She said to me, “You are my lucky charm.”
Option 3: She says to me, “I am your lucky charm.”
Option 4: She says to me, “You are my lucky charm.”
Correct Answer: She says to me, “You are my lucky charm.”
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option .
Direct speech directly quotes the speaker's exact words. It puts the speaker's words within quotation marks and usually involves a reporting verb indicating speech.
The steps of conversion are as follows:
- The reporting verb "tells" is changed to "says" in the direct speech.
- There would be no change in the tense of the reported clause because the reporting verb is in the present tense.
- The first-person pronoun "I" is changed to the second-person pronoun "you".
- The words of the speaker are enclosed in the inverted commas.
Therefore, the direct statement is: She says to me, “You are my lucky charm."
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