Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
Sourabh said, “Alas! We have been cheated.”
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. Sourabh exclaimed with sorrow that they had been cheated.
The reporting verb "said" is changed to "exclaimed with sorrow" to reflect the emotional tone of "Alas!" in the original sentence.
The pronoun "we" remains unchanged since it refers to the same group of people in both direct and indirect speech.
The tense of the verb "have been cheated" is shifted from the present perfect tense to the past perfect tense to match the past reporting verb "said.
Hence, the correct sentence would be Sourabh exclaimed with sorrow that they had been cheated.