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A sentence is provided in indirect speech. From the four given options, choose the one that most accurately conveys the sentence in its corresponding direct speech. The supervisor told the staff that the submission deadline had been pushed back by two days.

1. “You can turn in the work two days after the scheduled date,” the supervisor informed.
2. “The submission deadline has been pushed back by two days,” said the supervisor.
3. “We are pushing back the submission deadline by two days,” the supervisor said.
4. “You must complete it within two additional days,” the supervisor said.

Correct answer: “The submission deadline has been pushed back by two days,” said the supervisor.

Solution

The indirect speech reports a statement about the deadline being pushed back by two days. The matching direct speech is the same statement in quotation marks with the reporting verb in past tense.

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