Question : Select the most appropriate direct form of the given sentence.
I asked the carpenter how long he would take to polish my furniture.
Option 1: I said to carpenter, “How long he would take to polish his furniture?”
Option 2: I said to carpenter, “How long will you take to polish my furniture?”
Option 3: I said to carpenter, “How long you would take to polish my furniture?”
Option 4: I said to carpenter, “How long he would take to polish my furniture?”
Correct Answer: I said to carpenter, “How long will you take to polish my furniture?”
Solution : The second option is correct.
Explanation:
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:
- If the indirect part of the sentence uses ' asked ' as a reporting verb, then a " question mark " should be added in the direct speech part.
- The reporting verb "asked" changes to "said to".
- The modal "would" changes to "will" to show the direct speech part.
- The third person pronoun "he" changes to the second person pronoun "you".
- The direct words of the speaker are enclosed in inverted commas.
Therefore, the direct form would be: I said to carpenter, "How long will you take to polish my furniture? "
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