Question : Select the most appropriate direct form of the given sentence.
The driver asked a passerby if he could tell him the way to the market.
Option 1: The driver said to a passerby, "Tell me the way to the market, will you"
Option 2: The driver said to a passerby, "Please, will you tell me the way to the market?"
Option 3: The driver said to a passerby, "Can you tell me the way to the market?"
Option 4: The driver said to a passerby, "Could he tell him the way to the market?"
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Correct Answer: The driver said to a passerby, "Can you tell me the way to the market?"
Solution : The third option is the correct answer.
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 changes from indirect speech to direct speech involve the following changes:
- Could is changed to can in the direct speech.
- The use of "if" suggests that it is an interrogative sentence starting with "can".
- "He" has been used for passersby, and therefore, the second-person pronoun "you" must be used in direct speech.
Therefore, the correct answer is: The driver said to a passerby, "Can you tell me the way to the market? ".
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