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Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech.

The ticket collector asked the passengers where their tickets were.

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SSC Selection Post 2023 Graduation Level Question Paper (30 Jun, 2023) (Shift 1)
The correct answer is

The ticket collector said to the passengers, “Where are your tickets?”

The correct answer is The ticket collector said to the passengers, “Where are your tickets?”.

Pronouns and possessive adjectives change according to the speaker, the listener, and the subject being discussed. The tense of the verb in the reported clause usually changes according to the tense of the reporting verb (e.g., Present Simple in direct speech becomes Past Simple in indirect speech if the reporting verb is in the past tense). When converting back to direct speech, this tense shift reverses.

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