Question

Joseph said, “Alas! These are difficult times.” 

Joseph said that those were difficult times.

Joseph said it would have been difficult times.

Joseph sighed with sorrow that those were difficult times.

Joseph exclaimed that those were difficult times.

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Answer 1

Joseph sighed with sorrow that those were difficult times. (Option C)

• Direct speech is one method for conveying what someone said.
• We use direct speech when we just repeat what someone says, inserting the phrase between speech marks: "I'm hungry," Paul said as he stepped in.
• In books and newspaper pieces, direct speech is widely used.
• We can use indirect speech to express what someone said without necessarily using the same words or utilizing speech marks (also called reported speech).
• Paul, for example, came in and declared that he was hungry.