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You said to me, “How clever your action was!” Change into Indirect Speech

You said to me, “How clever your action was!” Change into Indirect Speech

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  1. Indirect Speech: You exclaimed that my action 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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