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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.”


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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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