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.
Hence, the correct answer is: "He exclaimed with astonishment that it was snowing."
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Question : Select the most appropriate direct form of the given sentence. The doctor exclaimed with relief that he didn’t need to go out in the rain.
Option 1: The doctor said, “Thank God! I needn’t go out in the rain.”
Option 2: The doctor said with relief, “He didn’t needed to go out in the rain.”
Option 3: The doctor exclaimed, “Oh, I don’t have to go out in the rain!”
Option 4: The doctor said relieved, “I needn’t to go out in the rain.”
Question : Select the most appropriate direct form of the given sentence.
He said that his new slippers were very comfortable.
Option 1: He said, “His new slippers were very comfortable.”
Option 2: He said, “My new slippers are very comfortable.”
Option 3: He said, “My new slippers were very comfortable.”
Option 4: He said, “His new slippers have been very comfortable.”
Question : Select the correct direct form of the given sentence. Neha exclaimed that it was a very pleasant surprise.
Option 1: Neha said, “Is it a very pleasant surprise?”
Option 2: Neha said, “How a pleasant surprise!”
Option 3: Neha said, “It is a very pleasant surprise.”
Option 4: Neha said, “What a pleasant surprise!”
Question : Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence. He exclaimed, “What a fine piece of architecture it is!”
Option 1: He exclaimed that what a fine piece of architecture it was.
Option 2: He exclaimed what a fine piece of architecture is it.
Option 3: He exclaimed was it a fine piece of architecture.
Option 4: He exclaimed that it was a fine piece of architecture.
The fisherman asked his contractor if those salmons were to go on that morning’s fish train.
Option 1: The fisherman said to his contractor, “Are those salmons going on that morning’s fish train?”
Option 2: The fisherman said to his contractor, “Are these salmons to go on this morning’s fish train?”
Option 3: The fisherman said to his contractor, “Were these salmons to go on that morning’s fish train?”
Option 4: The fisherman said to his contractor, “Is those salmons to go on this morning’s fish train?”
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