Question : Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.
The professor told me that I could not rescue myself from that bait.
Option 1: The professor says to me, “You cannot rescue yourself from this bait.”
Option 2: The professor said to me, “You have not rescued yourself from this bait.”
Option 3: The professor said to me, “You will have not rescued yourself from this bait.”
Option 4: The professor said to me, “You cannot rescue yourself from this bait.”
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Correct Answer: The professor said to me, “You cannot rescue yourself from this bait.”
Solution : The fourth option is the correct choice.
The original sentence is a reported speech, where the professor is conveying information to the speaker. Direct speech is a form of speech or writing where the actual words spoken by a person are quoted within inverted commas and attributed to the speaker.
The steps of conversion are as follows:
- The reporting verb "told" is changed to "said".
- The first-person pronouns "I" and "myself" are changed to the second-person pronouns "you" and "yourself", respectively.
- The modal "could" is changed to its simple present form, "can".
- The determiner "that" is changed to "this".
- The words of the speaker are enclosed in the inverted commas.
Therefore, the correct answer is: The professor said to me, “You cannot rescue yourself from this bait."
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