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Indirect Speech For Exclamatory Sentence

Exclamatory sentences express emotions like joy, sorrow, or wonder. To report exclamatory sentences indirectly, the reporting verb is changed to "exclaimed with" followed by the relevant emotion (joy, sorrow, wonder). Examples are provided where direct exclamatory sentences are changed to indirect speech by adding "exclaimed with" and the emotion to the reporting verb.

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Indirect Speech For Exclamatory Sentence

Exclamatory sentences express emotions like joy, sorrow, or wonder. To report exclamatory sentences indirectly, the reporting verb is changed to "exclaimed with" followed by the relevant emotion (joy, sorrow, wonder). Examples are provided where direct exclamatory sentences are changed to indirect speech by adding "exclaimed with" and the emotion to the reporting verb.

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 Indirect Speech (exclamatory sentences.

Sentence which expresses state of joy or sorrow or wonder is called exclamatory sentence.
For example.

• Hurrah! We won the match.


• Alas! I failed the test.
• Wow! What a nice shirt it is.

To change such sentences, the words “exclaimed with joy” or “exclaimed with sorrow” or
“exclaimed with wonder” is added in the reporting verb depending upon the nature of
exclamatory sentence in indirect speech.

Examples:
Direct speech: He said, “Hurrah! I won a prize”
Indirect Speech: He exclaimed with joy that he had won a prize.

Direct speech: She said, “Alas! I failed in exam”


Indirect Speech: She exclaimed with sorrow that she failed in the exam.

Direct speech: John said, “Wow! What a nice shirt it is”


Indirect Speech: John exclaimed with wonder that it was a nice shirt

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