Question

He said, “Ah! You are here.”

A. He exclaimed with delight that I was there.
B. He said that he was delighted that I was there.
C. He exclaimed with joy to see me there.
D. He said it was a joy to see me there.


reported speech
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Answer 1

Answer:

A is the answer

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Answer 2

Answer:

The answer will be Option A - He exclaimed with delight that I was there.

Explanation:

• The given sentence is in Direct Speech.
• The verb "said" is in Simple Past Tense.
• The reporting speech is an Exclamatory sentence.

According to the rules of narration change, if the outside part i.e. the part outside the quotation is in Simple Past tense , then the  verb of the reported speech will also be changed into Past tense.

If the reporting speech is an exclamatory sentence, then in the reported speech it should be transformed into an assertive sentence.

In the given Direct speech, as the verb outside the quotation  i.e. "said" is in past tense, in the Indirect speech, the verb "are" will be changed into "was".

As the reporting speech is an exclamatory sentence, the verb in the reported speech will be changed into "exclaimed" from "said".

According to rules, the word "here" will be changed into "there".

Thus, the answer will be Option A - He exclaimed with delight that I was there.