Question

They said, "Alas! He is no more."
Change this sentence ii n indirect speech??

Answer 1

they explained sadly he was no more .

Answer 2

The following sentence is direct speech. After converting it to indirect speech, it becomes- "They exclaimed with sorrow that he was no more."

• In this sentence, 'said' is replaced with 'exclaimed' and 'sorrow' is added to it to show the sad vibe.
• Here, the verb 'is' is converted to 'was' as it is changed to indirect speech. When the tense of the reporting verb is past and the direct speech is past indefinite, then past indefinite will be the tense of the indirect speech.