Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech.
Madam Hooch asked the students what they were waiting for.
Option 1: Madam Hooch told the students, "What they were waiting for?"
Option 2: The students said to Madam Hooch, "What are we waiting for?"
Option 3: Madam Hooch said to the students, "What you are waiting for?"
Option 4: Madam Hooch said to the students, "What are you waiting for?"
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Correct Answer: Madam Hooch said to the students, "What are you waiting for?"
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
Direct speech, where the focus is on the speaker or the person directly expressing the words.
The steps of conversion are as follows:
- The reporting verb "asked" is changed to "said".
- The reported clause will start with the question word "what" to emphasise the interrogative nature of the sentence.
- The third-person pronoun "they" is changed to the second-person pronoun "you".
- The past continuous tense "were waiting" is changed to the present continuous tense "are waiting".
- The words of the speaker are enclosed in the inverted commas.
Therefore, the direct speech would be: Madam Hooch said to the students, "What are you waiting for?"
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