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Question : Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.

The guard asked the boy if he hadn’t been told to be indoors.

Option 1: The guard said to the boy, “Hadn’t you told to be indoors?”

Option 2: The guard said to the boy, “Wasn’t he told to be indoors?”

Option 3: The guard said to the boy, “Weren’t you told to be indoors?”

Option 4: The guard said to the boy, “You weren’t told to be indoors?”


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Correct Answer: The guard said to the boy, “Weren’t you told to be indoors?”


Solution : The correct choice is the third option .
Direct speech, also known as quoted speech or direct discourse, refers to the representation of someone's words or statements exactly as they were spoken.
Narration conversion:

  • "Asked" changes to "said" to introduce the direct speech.
  • The third person pronoun "he" changes to the second person pronoun "you".
  • The past perfect "hadn’t been told" changes to the simple past "weren’t you told" in direct speech.
  • The indirect question becomes a direct question, hence "Weren’t you told?"
  • Direct speech uses quotation marks to show the exact words spoken. "Weren’t you told to be indoors?"

Therefore, the direct speech would be: The guard said to the boy, “Weren’t you told to be indoors?”

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