Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech.
He told me that I could eat from his plate.
Option 1: He said, "You can eat from my plate."
Option 2: He said to me, "Can you eat from my plate?"
Option 3: He said, "I can eat from my plate."
Option 4: He said to me, "You can eat from my plate."
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Correct Answer: He said to me, "You can eat from my plate."
Solution : The fourth option is the correct choice.
The steps of conversion are as follows:
- The reporting verb "told" is changed to "said".
- The first-person pronoun "I" is changed to the second-person pronoun "you".
- The modal "could" is changed to its present form, "can".
- The third-person pronoun "his" is changed to the first-person pronoun "my".
- The words of the speaker are enclosed in the inverted commas.
Therefore, the correct answer is: He said to me, "You can eat from my plate."
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