Question

change the direct sentence into indirect:-

"What a horse are they losing for want of skill and spirit to manage him!" exclaimed Alexander the great.​

Answer 1

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Alexander the great, exclaimed that they were losing a horse for want of skill and spirit to manage him

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Answer 2

Indirect/Reported Speech refers to a dialogue being told to a third person/reporting what happened to a third person.

Example: Joelle said,"I love reading books." (Direct)

                Joelle said that she loved reading books. (Indirect)

In the above example, when writing in indirect/reported form, the sentence changes according to its tense. Also, modifications regarding certain words like 'this' changes to 'that', 'tomorrow' changes to 'the next day', 'will' changes to 'would', 'can' changes to 'could' and many other words have to be made. Also, if the sentence contains an interrogation, then 'said' changes to 'asked'. Punctuation marks other than a full stop (.) cannot be used in indirect/reported speech.

"What a horse they are losing for want of skill and spirit to manage him!", exclaimed Alexander the Great. (Direct)

Alexander the Great exclaimed that they were losing a horse for want of skill and spirit to manage him. (Indirect)