Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech.
She exclaimed with sorrow that life had become miserable.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. She said, “Alas! How miserable life has become.”
- The given sentence is an example of an Exclamatory sentence.
- The notion of reported speech changes the reporting verb.
- Exclamatory words are used at the start of a direct speech.
- 'Had' will change into 'has'.
- That is replaced using "inverted commas".
- Exclaimed with sorrow will be replaced by said.
- According to the assertive sentences, tense, pronoun, and adverbials are changed.
The correct sentence is:
She said, “Alas! How miserable life has become.”