Question : Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
He said to me, “How delighted I am to see your work!”
Option 1: He exclaimed that he was very delighted to see my work.
Option 2: He said that how very delighted he was to see my work.
Option 3: He exclaimed that he is very delighted to see your work.
Option 4: He told me that how he was delighted to see my work.
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Correct Answer: He exclaimed that he was very delighted to see my work.
Solution : The correct choice is the first option .
Narration Conversion:
- The verb said is changed to exclaimed because the statement being reported is an exclamatory statement, and exclaimed is used to convey the excitement the speaker felt.
- That is used to introduce the reported clause.
- The simple present tense am is changed to the simple past tense was.
- The pronoun your is changed to the first-person pronoun my , as it is referring to the speaker itself.
Therefore, the correct sentence is: He exclaimed that he was very delighted to see my work.
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