Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.
Neha exclaimed that it was a very pleasant surprise.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 1 i.e. Neha said, “What a pleasant surprise!”
The given sentence is in indirect speech, to convert this sentence into direct speech we need to follow the following points:
- 'That' will be omitted and Inverted commas will be used.
- The sentence is an exclamatory sentence. The notion of these kinds of sentences is 'joy, sorrow, surprise, applause, detest, hate, etc. reporting verbs are changed according to the notion of reported speech. These verbs are 'exclaimed with surprise, exclaimed with sorrow, exclaimed with joy, exclaimed with contempt, etc.
- In the reporting verb, 'exclaimed' will be changed into 'said'.
- 'Was' will be removed as its purpose is accounted for when converting to direct speech.
After following these steps, we got the direct speech as: Neha said, “What a pleasant surprise!”
Hence, the correct answer is Option 1 i.e. Neha said, “What a pleasant surprise!”