Choose the most appropriate option to change the narration (direct / indirect) of the given sentence.
Reena said, “What a lovely scene! I wish I could stay here forever!”
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. Reena exclaimed that it was a lovely scene. She further wished that she could stay there forever.
- As the reported speech is in an exclamatory sentence we need to change reporting verb into "exclaimed".
- Reported speech will be written int the form of - it was + article + noun + adjective.
- Inverted comma will be changed int "that".
- Understand the mood of sentence whether it expresses joy, sorrow or wonder.
- Replace reporting verb ‘said’ with the word ‘exclaimed with sorrow/joy/wonder’ as per the mood of sentence (refer the table below to understand the mood of sentence)
- The interjection i.e., hurrah, alas, vow etc would be removed.
- If the reported speech part starts with words ‘how or what’ they would be replaced with very or very great. ‘Very’ comes before Adjective and ‘Great’ comes before Noun.
As the chosen option follows the given rule it will be correct.