Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech.
Harsh said, “How happy I am to receive the best student award!”
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 1 i.e. Harsh exclaimed with joy that he was very happy to receive the best student award.
The given sentence is in direct speech, to convert this sentence into indirect speech we need to follow the following points:
- Inverted commas will get omitted and 'that' will be used. Also, the exclamation mark is removed.
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Exclamatory sentences express a sudden outburst of some emotions such as joy, sorrow, contempt, regret, surprise, etc. In indirect speech, the exclamatory phrase or word (interjection) is replaced by 'exclaimed with joy, sorrow, regret, surprise, contempt, etc'.
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Further, the first-person pronoun "I" becomes the third-person pronoun "he".
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The simple present tense form will be changed into the simple past tense form.
After following these steps, we got the indirect speech as: Harsh exclaimed with joy that he was very happy to receive the best student award.
Hence, the correct answer is Option 1 i.e. Harsh exclaimed with joy that he was very happy to receive the best student award.