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Select the correct option for the direct speech conversion of the sentence below: He remarked that, if market liquidity had disappeared completely, the exchange would have halted trading.

1. He said, “If market liquidity disappears completely, the exchange halts trading.”
2. He said, “If market liquidity had disappeared completely, the exchange would have halted trading.”
3. He said, “The exchange will halt trading if market liquidity had disappeared completely.”
4. He said, “If the exchange halted trading, it was because market liquidity disappeared completely.”

Correct answer: He said, “If market liquidity had disappeared completely, the exchange would have halted trading.”

Solution

The reported sentence is in the third conditional: “had disappeared” and “would have halted.” In direct speech, this structure remains unchanged except for the reporting verb and quotation marks.

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