Question

the offficer said that he was absolutely certain that he had seen him run into the cellar.change this sentence into Direct speech​

Answer 1

The officer said, "I am absolutely certain that I saw him run into the cell."

First, add in the quotation marks " " along with the comma ',' around the part of the sentence that has been implied to have been said by the speaker.

Next, identify the tenses. The word 'had', indicates that part of the sentence is in the past perfect tense. So, we convert it to the simple past tense by replacing 'had seen' with 'saw'.

Following similar logic, change 'was' from 'he was' (simple past tense) to 'am' (simple present tense).

Now, change all second-person nominative pronouns (he, she) to the first-person pronoun by changing 'he' to 'I'.

We do not change 'him' as it is an objective third-person pronoun, that always remains unchanged.