Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.
She exclaimed that I had grown very tall.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is otpion 4 i.e. She said to me, “How tall you have grown!”
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Convert the exclamation into direct speech by placing it in quotation marks and adjusting the phrasing to capture the exact words used.
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In direct speech, we use the present perfect tense ("have grown") instead of the past perfect tense ("had grown") used in the indirect speech. Also, the word "exclaimed" becomes part of the direct speech itself.
Thus, the direct form captures the essence of the exclamation: "She said to me, 'How tall you have grown!'"