Choose the option that is the correct direct form of the sentence.
The teacher asked me if I had seen the match.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct direct form of the sentence "The teacher asked me if I had seen the match" is:
"Did you see the match?" the teacher said to me.
The other options are incorrect:
- "Did you had saw the match?" the teacher said to me. is incorrect because the verb tense is incorrect. The direct speech sentence should be in the present perfect tense, not the past perfect tense.
- "Did you saw the match?" the teacher said to me. is incorrect because the verb tense is incorrect. The direct speech sentence should be in the present perfect tense, not the past tense.
- "Did you seen the match?" the teacher said to me. is incorrect because the verb tense is incorrect and the verb form is incorrect. The direct speech sentence should be in the present perfect tense, and the verb form should be "see", not "seen".