Multiple choice

Directions: Select the correct change of narration.

The boys said, ''Hurrah! We have won the game.''

  1. The boys asked with joy that they have won the game.

  2. The boys exclaimed with joy that they had won the game.

  3. The boys told with joy that they had won the game.

  4. The boys told with joy that they have won the game.
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B Correct answer
Explanation

In reporting exclamations and wishes, indirect speech is introduced by the verb expressing an exclamation or a wish. Hence, option 2.

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