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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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