Question : Select the correct indirect narration of the given sentence.
"Oh! I've missed the deadline for sending my application again," Nidhi said.
Option 1: Nidhi is exclaiming in disappointment that she had missed the deadline for sending her application again.
Option 2: Nidhi exclaimed because she has missed the deadline for sending her application again.
Option 3: Nidhi exclaimed in disappointment that she had missed the deadline for sending her application again.
Option 4: Nidhi exclaimed in disappointment that she was missing the deadline for sending her application again.
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Correct Answer: Nidhi exclaimed in disappointment that she had missed the deadline for sending her application again.
Solution : The third option is the correct choice.
When we change a direct speech to an indirect speech, we follow the below steps:
- The exclamatory sentence changes to assertive sentence by using the expression explained with disappointment.
- Since direct speech is written in the present perfect tense, we have to change it to the past perfect tense in indirect speech. Thus, "have missed" becomes "had missed" to show the indirect speech.
- "I" and "my" (first-person pronouns) in direct speech become "she" and "her" (third-person pronouns), respectively, in indirect speech according to gender.
Therefore, the correct answer is: " Nidhi exclaimed in disappointment that she had missed the deadline for sending her application again ."
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