Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech.
Megha said that she had taken the shortcut to her college.
Option 1: Megha said, "She takes the shortcut to her college."
Option 2: Megha said, "I take the shortcut to my college."
Option 3: Megha said, "I took the shortcut to my college."
Option 4: Megha says, "She takes the shortcut to my college."
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Correct Answer: Megha said, "I took the shortcut to my college."
Solution : The correct answer is the third option.
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.
Narration Conversion:
- The past perfect tense "had taken" is changed to the simple past tense "took".
- The third pronoun "she" is changed to the first-person pronoun "I" and third person pronoun "her" is changed to the first-person pronoun "my".
- The direct words of the speaker are enclosed in inverted commas.
Therefore, the correct answer is: Megha said, "I took the shortcut to my college."
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