English Notes Latest Questions

They said, “What a nice flower it is! Change into Indirect Speech

They said, “What a nice flower it is! Change into Indirect Speech

2 Answers

  1. Indirect Speech: They exclaimed that it was a very nice flower.

    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.

    Learn Narration

You must login to add an answer.