Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech.
The teacher asked me why I had reached the examination hall so late.
Option 1: The teacher said to me, "Why are you reaching the examination hall so late?"
Option 2: The teacher said to me, "Why had I reached the examination hall so late?"
Option 3: The teacher said to me, "Why did you reach the examination hall so late?"
Option 4: The teacher said to me, "Why you reached the examination hall so late?"
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Correct Answer: The teacher said to me, "Why did you reach the examination hall so late?"
Solution : The third option is correct choice.
In direct speech, the words of the speaker are directly quoted in quotation marks.
Narration Conversion:
- The reporting verb asked is changed to said in the direct speech.
- The reported speech is directly quoted within quotation marks.
- Had reached is changed to did reach to match the tense of the reported speech correctly, as the past perfect tense is changed to the simple past tense.
- The first-person pronoun I is changed to the second-person pronoun you .
Therefore, the sentence in direct speech is: The teacher said to me, "Why did you reach the examination hall so late?"
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