Question

salma said, "Alas! My husband is dead change into indirect speech.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Salma exclaimed with sorrow that her husband is dead.

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Salma said, "Alas! My husband is dead!" (direct speech)

⇒Salma exclaimed with sorrow that his husband was dead. (Indirect speech)

• While changing the direct speech of an exclamatory sentence, reported speech contains a wish or pray etc. Verb in the reporting speech is converted into 'exclaimed' or 'wished' or 'prayed' etc. consequently with the mode of emotion. The inverted commas are substituted by the conjunction that.
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