Question : Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.
The doctor said that they had performed their bit.
Option 1: The doctor said, “We performed our bit."
Option 2: The doctor said, “We are performing our bit."
Option 3: The doctor said, “We have performed our bit."
Option 4: The doctor says, “We had performed our bit."
Correct Answer: The doctor said, “We have performed our bit."
Solution : The correct choice is the third option .
Direct speech is a form of speech or writing where the actual words spoken by a person are quoted within quotation marks and attributed to the speaker.
The steps of conversion are as follows:
- There would be no change in the reporting verb.
- The past perfect tense "had performed" is changed to the present perfect tense "have performed".
- The third-person pronoun "they" is changed to the first-person pronoun "we".
- The words of the speaker are enclosed in the inverted commas.
- The possessive determiner "their" is changed to "our".
Therefore, the direct speech sentence is: The doctor said, "We have performed our bit."
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