D Change the following exclamatory sentences into indirect speech:
1. The old man said, “Alas ! my son is dead."
2. He cried out, “My God! I'm ruined.”
3. “What a foolish man!” she said.
4. "Look at him. He's so tall !" the little boy said.
5. "How badly you've failed !" the father said to his son.
6. “Hurrah ! We have won the match," the boys shouted.
7. “Oh dear ! I've left my glasses upstairs”, said Doris.
8. "Oh ! This little dog is a nuisance”, he said.
9. "What a lovely picture !" she cried.
10. “How cruel of him”, she said.
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Explanation:
ANSWER:-
1. The old man said, “Alas ! my son is dead."
The old man exclaimed in grief that his son was dead.
2. He cried out, “My God! I'm ruined.”
He exclaimed that he was ruined. (My God is an expression)
3. “What a foolish man!” she said.
She exclaimed that the man was foolish.
4. "Look at him. He's so tall !" the little boy said.
The little boy exclaimed and said to look at him as he was so tall.
5. "How badly you've failed !" the father said to his son.
The father sorrowfully said that how badly he had failed.
6. “Hurrah ! We have won the match," the boys shouted.
The boys shouted in excitement that they had won the match.
7. “Oh dear ! I've left my glasses upstairs”, said Doris.
Doris exclaimed that he had left his glasses upstairs.
8. "Oh ! This little dog is a nuisance”, he said.
He exclaimed that the dog is a nuisance.
9. "What a lovely picture !" she cried.
She exclaimed joyfully that it was a lovely picture.
10. “How cruel of him”, she said.
She uttered in rage that he was cruel.
The old man exclaimed sadly that his son was dead.
He cried he was ruined
She said that he is a foolish man.
The little boy exclaimed, said to look at him as he was so tall.
The boys said that we have won the match.
Doris exclaimed he had left his glasses upstairs.
He said that dog is a nuisance.
She told that he is cruel of him.
More to know
- Direct speech are also known as quoted speech.
- In direct speech there is comma between the word said and reporting verb.
- Direct speech are written in the same language in said by speaker