Question

The students said,"How tough the paper is!"

Answer 1

The answer for the sentence is - ' The students exclaimed that the paper was very tough .'

In narration change from direct to indirect speech , one has to change the reporting verb according to the type of speech.

One has to also omit the quotation marks and write it it reported speech .

Answer 2

Answer:

The students exclaimed how tough the paper was

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