Question : Select the most appropriate option to change the sentences from Direct Speech to Reported Speech.
“Alas! It can’t be this expensive.” Reshma said.
Option 1: Reshma exclaimed with sorrow that that couldn’t be that expensive.
Option 2: Reshma grieved that it couldn’t be that expensive.
Option 3: Reshma said that it was really that expensive.
Option 4: Reshma said with sorrow that that was expensive.
Correct Answer:
Reshma exclaimed with sorrow that that couldn’t be that expensive.
Solution :
The correct answer is option 1.
Reshma exclaimed with sorrow that that couldn’t be that expensive.
Explanation:
In reporting exclamations and wishes, the verbs expressing exclamation or wish are added.
When the reporting or principal verb is in the present tense, all present tenses of the direct are changed into the corresponding past tenses.
Can will change into couldn't.
