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Ali said, “How clever I am!” Change into indirect speech.

Ali said, “How clever I am!” Change into indirect speech.

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  1. Indirect Speech: Ali exclaimed that he was very clever.

    Explanation: When the reporting verb is in the past (said) and the direct speech is in the present indefinite tense (simple present tense), then the indirect (reported) speech will change into the past indefinite tense.

    Present Indefinite Tense > Past Indefinite Tense.

    And if the sentence is exclamatory, we use reporting verbs like exclaimed, admired, cried etc based on the sentence.

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