Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Direct/indirect

Question:

Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

Everybody said, "How well she sings!"

Options:

Everybody exclaimed that she sang very well.

Everybody told us that how she sang very well.

Everybody exclaimed that she sings very well.

Everybody told us that she sings very well.

Correct Answer:

Everybody exclaimed that she sang very well.

Explanation:

The correct indirect form of the given sentence is:

Everybody exclaimed that she sings very well.

The other options are incorrect for the following reasons:

  • Everybody told us that how she sang very well. - The word "how" is unnecessary in indirect speech.
  • Everybody told us that she sings very well. - The reporting verb "told" is not as expressive as the verb "exclaimed".