Sita said, “Alas, my house is on fire!” Change into indirect speech

Sita said, “Alas, my house is on fire!” Change into indirect speech

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  1. Indirect Speech: Sita exclaimed with sorrow that her house was on fire.

    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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