Choose the direct speech of this sentence.
She asked me if I had seen her brother.

She said to me, "Have you seen her brother?"Correct answerYour answerShe said to me, "Have I seen her brother?"Correct answerYour answerShe said to me, "Have you seen my brother?"Correct answerYour answerShe said to me, "If you have seen my brother?"Correct answerYour answer

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CorrectNot quiteAnswer C

Correct answer: C

"If" shows a yes-or-no question, so the direct speech begins with the verb. "Had seen" moves forward to "have seen", "I" becomes "you" and "her" becomes "my".

Worth noting

"Her brother" keeps the reported pronoun. Speaking of her own brother, she would say "my brother".

Concept: A reported question back to direct speech
Typical timeTypical: 45 s
Your timeYours: —

The rule this testsDirect and indirect speech

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Choose the direct speech of this sentence.She asked me if I had seen her brother.

Explanation

Choose the direct speech of this sentence.
She asked me if I had seen her brother.