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Question : Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence.

“Good gracious! It’s snowing!” he said.

Option 1: He remarked that it is snowing.

Option 2: He happily said that it is snowing.

Option 3: He said that good gracious it’s snowing.

Option 4: He exclaimed with astonishment that it was snowing.


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Correct Answer: He exclaimed with astonishment that it was snowing.


Solution : The fourth option is the correct choice.

The given sentence is an exclamatory sentence that expresses wonder or astonishment. We need to follow some basic rules to convert such types of sentences into indirect forms.

  • " Said or said to" is changed as per the sense contained in the sentence.
  • Good gracious would be changed to "exclaimed with wonder or astonishment".
  • Inverted commas will be removed.
  • The connector "that" should be used to introduce the reported verb.

Hence, the correct answer is: " He exclaimed with astonishment that it was snowing ."

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