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The girl said, “Alas! I lost my phone.” Change into Indirect Speech

The girl said, “Alas! I lost my phone.” Change into Indirect Speech

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  1. Indirect Speech: The girl exclaimed with sorrow that she had lost her phone.

    Explanation: When the reporting verb is in the past (said) and the direct speech is in the past indefinite tense, then the indirect (reported) speech will change into the past perfect tense.
    Past Indefinite Tense > Past Perfect Tense.

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

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