Question : Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.
The secretary assures the audience that he/she is going to help them.
Option 1: The secretary said to the audience, “I am going to help you.”
Option 2: The secretary says to the audience, “I am going to help you.”
Option 3: The secretary says to the audience, “I was going to help you.”
Option 4: The secretary says to the audience, “I will be going to help you.”
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Correct Answer: The secretary says to the audience, “I am going to help you.”
Solution : The correct option is the second option .
Direct speech involves directly quoting what someone says, whereas reported speech conveys the meaning of what someone says without using their exact words.
When converting this to direct speech:
- The introductory phrase the secretary assures the audience will change to the secretary says to the audience .
- The reported speech, that he/she is going to help them , shifts to direct speech marked by, I am going to help you .
- He/she changes to " I" to indicate the first-person perspective of the secretary.
- Tense of the sentence remains unchanged as the reporting verb is in the present tense.
So, the transformed direct speech would be: "The secretary says to the audience, 'I am going to help you."
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