Question

then the rose looked at a cactus and said," look at that ugly plant full of thorns!"​

Answer 1

Then the rose looked at a cactus and said, “Look at that ugly plant full of thorns!”

This a small part/sentence of the story THE PROUD RED ROSE

Answer 2

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●》Then the rose looked at a cactus and said," look at that ugly plant full of thorns!"

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=》 Then the rose looked at the at a cactus and replied/ asked to look at that ugly plant full of thorns.

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♤Explanation♤

Change in the Tense of Reported Speech: If the first part of sentence (reporting verb part) belongs to past tense the tense of reported speech will change. If the first part of sentence (reporting verb part) belongs to present or future tense, the tense of reported speech will not change.The given sentence is in Direct speech. To change the narration means to change it into indirect speech. This is done by removing the inverted commas and converting the sentence as a reported speech statement. The first rule is to change the tense to past tense, the verb to past participle form.