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Directions:The following items have a sentence in direct or indirect speech with four options.One of the opions converts the direct or indirect speech into indirect or direct correctly. Select the correct option and mark your response on the Answer Sheet.

Convert from indirect speech to direct speech:
The teacher asked her students why they had been quiet in the previous class.

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The correct answer is

The teacher said to her students, “Why were you quiet in the previous class?”

Option (b) is correct as it converts indirect to direct using appropriate pronouns and question structure.

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