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Q: Change the following sentence from Direct Speech into Indirect Speech. The captain said, 'Hurrah ! It's a great win.'
  • A. The captain said that it was a great win.
  • B. The captain exclaimed that it was a great win.
  • C. The captain exclaimed that it is a great win.
  • D. It's a great win, the captain exclaimed.
Correct Answer: Option B - Reported speech of the above direct sentence is in Exclamatory sentence. Its Indirect speech will be – 1. 'Said' will be changed into 'Exclaimed' 2. Conjunction 'that' is used instead of 'comma and inverted comma'. 3 According to narration rule tense and pronoun will be changed. Correct Indirect speech → The captain exclaimed that it was a great win.
B. Reported speech of the above direct sentence is in Exclamatory sentence. Its Indirect speech will be – 1. 'Said' will be changed into 'Exclaimed' 2. Conjunction 'that' is used instead of 'comma and inverted comma'. 3 According to narration rule tense and pronoun will be changed. Correct Indirect speech → The captain exclaimed that it was a great win.

Explanations:

Reported speech of the above direct sentence is in Exclamatory sentence. Its Indirect speech will be – 1. 'Said' will be changed into 'Exclaimed' 2. Conjunction 'that' is used instead of 'comma and inverted comma'. 3 According to narration rule tense and pronoun will be changed. Correct Indirect speech → The captain exclaimed that it was a great win.