Choose the correct indirect narration of the following statement from the given alternatives:
Ruby said, "Wow! You have secured 95% of marks in the annual examination!"
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
Correct Answer: Ruby exclaimed with delight that he had secured 95% of marks in the annual examination.
Explanation
Reporting Verb:
The direct speech contains an exclamatory sentence expressing happiness ("Wow!"), so the reporting verb said changes to exclaimed with delight or exclaimed with joy.
Conjunction: The inverted commas are replaced by the conjunction that.
Tense Change:
The present perfect tense (have secured) changes into the past perfect tense (had secured) because the reporting verb is in the past tense.
Pronoun Change:
The second-person pronoun you changes to the third-person pronoun he.