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SSC CGL 2020 PYQ — Question 24

SSC CGL - 6th March 2020 Shift 1 • English • Q24

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Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

"What a rare flower!" she said.

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is option 2 i.e. She exclaimed that it was a very rare flower.

  • As the reported speech is in "Exclamatory sentence" we need to make changes according to this.
  • There will be a change in the reporting verb and it will be changed into "Exclaimed".
  • "That" will be used at the place of the "Inverted comma".
  • The tense of the reported verb will be changed into "Simple Past Tense".
  • "It + was/were + noun phrase" will be the correct use of the structure here.
  • The reported speech will be kept in an assertive structure "Subject + verb + object".

As all the rules are followed by the chosen option it will be correct.