Question

"Alas! it can't be this bad." He said. ​

Answer 1

Answer:

He exclaimed with sorrow that it could not be that bad.

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Answer 2

The answer is as follows:

He exclaimed with grief that it couldn't be that bad.

Question

• The question should be to convert the sentence into indirect speech.

Narration

• Narration refers to the two types of speech- direct and indirect.

• Direct speech refers to the speech given by the speaker directly.

• Indirect speech refers to the reported speech spoken by someone else.

• The given sentence is presented in the direct speech. Since the sentence is exclamatory, we need to use the reporting verb 'exclaimed.'