Question
Download Solution PDFSelect the option that is the correct direct speech of the given sentence.
She asked him what it was that made him stronger and braver than other men.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is option 1) i.e. She asked, "What is it that makes you stronger and braver than other men?"
Key Points
- The given sentence is an indirect speech.
- The basic rules for changing or converting indirect speech into direct speech:
- Include the comma and inverted commas.
- The past simple tense "Subject + V2 + Object" of indirect speech should be converted into the present simple tense "Subject + V1 + Object" in "direct speech".
- The pronoun 'him' changes according to the customer, here becomes 'you'.
- From the following rules, we get the correct sentence as She asked, "What is it that makes you stronger and braver than other men?"
Additional Information
The following table will enable us to know how tense changes into Indirect speech:
| Direct Speech | Indirect Speech |
| Present simple (Subject +V1st + Object) | Past simple (Subject +V2 + Object) |
| Present continuous (Subject +is/am/are+V1 +ing+ Object) | Past Continuous (Subject +was/were+V1 +ing+ Object) |
| Present perfect (Subject + has/have+V3+Object) | Past perfect (Subject+had+V3+Object) |
| Past simple (Subject+V2+Object) | Past perfect (Subject+had+V3+Object) |
| Past Continuous (Subject +was/were+V1 +ing+ Object) | Past perfect continuous (Subject +had been+V1 +ing+ Object) |
| Future simple (Subject+ will/shall+V1+object) | Present Conditional (Subject+ would+V1+object) |
| Future Continuous (Subject +will/shall+be+V1 +ing+ Object) | Conditional Continuous (Subject +would+be+V1 +ing+ Object) |
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