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The teacher said, “What a lazy boy you are!” Change into Indirect Speech

The teacher said, “What a lazy boy you are!” Change into Indirect Speech

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  1. Indirect Speech: The teacher exclaimed that I was a very lazy boy.

    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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