alleryDirect: She said, 'How beautiful the flower is!' Indirect form is
AShe told that the flower is very beautiful
BShe said that the flower is beautiful today
CShe asked how the flower was so beautiful
DShe exclaimed that the flower was very beautiful
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. She exclaimed that the flower was very beautiful
1. Exclamatory -> reporting verb 'exclaimed'.
2. Convert 'How beautiful!' to 'that ... was very beautiful'.
3. Hence option A.
_Source: jkchrome.com SSC Direct-Indirect Speech PDF (Mistral OCR), Exclamatory sentence rules_
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