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Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.

"What a hopeless fellow you are!" said the teacher to the student.

Option 1: The teacher told the student that you are a very hopeless fellow.

Option 2: The teacher told the student that he was a very hopeless fellow.

Option 3: The teacher said the student was what a hopeless fellow.

Option 4: The teacher told the student what are a hopeless fellow he was.


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Correct Answer: The teacher told the student that he was a very hopeless fellow.


Solution : The correct choice is the second option .

Narration Conversion:

  • The exclamatory sentence is changed to the assertive sentence using the reporting verb told .
  • The first-person pronoun y ou is changed to the third-person pronoun he in the indirect speech.
  • Are is changed to was , as the simple present tense is changed to the simple past tense.

Therefore, the correct sentence is: The teacher told the student he was a very hopeless fellow .

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