Choose the option that is the correct direct form of the sentence.

The teacher asked me if I had seen the match.

The correct answer is 'Option 1'.

Key Points

• In reported or indirect speech, the present simple tense in direct speech changes to the past simple.
• Similarly, the past simple tense in direct speech changes to the past perfect.
• Therefore, when we convert the indirect speech back to direct, we revert this change.
• In the sentence "The teacher asked me if I had seen the match", the phrase "had seen" is in the past perfect tense.
• In direct speech, this would have been in the past simple tense, which is "did see" or more commonly expressed as "did you see".

Therefore, 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.

Additional Information

• Now, let's analyze the incorrect options:
  • "Did you had saw the match?" the teacher said to me.- This sentence is grammatically incorrect. We don't use "did" with "had" or the past participle "saw".
  • "Did you saw the match?" the teacher said to me. - This sentence is also grammatically incorrect. After "did", we use the base form of the verb, which is "see", not the past form "saw".
  • "Did you seen the match?" the teacher said to me. - This sentence is grammatically incorrect. After "did", we use the base form of the verb, which is "see", not the past participle "seen".