Multiple choice

Directions: Convert the following into indirect speech.

“How clever I am!” Ayush said.

  1. Ayush said that how clever he was.

  2. Ayush exclaimed how clever he was.

  3. Ayush exclaimed that he was clever.

  4. Ayush exclaimed that how clever he was.

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C Correct answer
Explanation

The exclamatory sentence has to be converted into declarative sentence in indirect speech. Hence the reporting verb changes according to the expression. While converting into declarative, the words that show the exclamation get omitted.