Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech. Harry said that he would not be in town on Friday.
Harry said, “I will not be in town on Friday”.
The correct answer is option 2: "Harry said, 'I will not be in town on Friday'."
Key Points
- When converting indirect speech to direct speech, we need to make a few changes:
- Change the tense of the reported speech to match the tense of the reporting verb.
- In this case, "said" is in the past tense, so we keep the reported speech in the past tense as well.
- 'Would' will change into 'will'.
- Change any pronouns to match the speaker in the direct speech. In this case, "he" becomes "I".
- Add quotation marks around the reported speech.
- Option 2 follows all of these rules correctly, making it the correct answer.
Correct Sentence: Harry said, “I will not be in town on Friday”.
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