Convert from direct speech to indirect speech: Nitin said to his brother, "What a beautiful painting it is ?"
Directions: The following items have a sentence in direct or indirect speech with four options. One of the options converts the direct or indirect speech into indirect or direct correctly. Select the correct option and mark your response on the Answer Sheet.
- A. Nitin wondered to his brother that what a beautiful painting it was ✓
- B. Nitin wondered before his brother that it was a beautiful painting
- C. Nitin exclaimed that it is a beautiful painting
- D. Nitin asked his brother whether it was beautiful painting
Correct Answer: A. Nitin wondered to his brother that what a beautiful painting it was
Explanation
Exclamatory sentences are typically changed by replacing the reporting verb with words like 'wondered' or 'exclaimed' and converting the present tense to the past tense ('is' to 'was').
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