Question

Choose the most appropriate form of Indirect Speech for the following sentence.

He said, "Oh! It's a bad weather. I can't drive."

• A. He exclaimed with sorrow that it was a bad weather and he can't drive.
• B. He exclaimed with sorrow that it was a bad weather and he was not to drive.
• C. He exclaimed with sorrow that it was a bad weather and he couldn't drive.
• D. He exclaims with sorrow that it was a bad weather and he couldn't drive.

Answer 1

Answer:

C. He exclaimed with sorrow that it was a bad weather and he couldn't drive.

•  Normally, when there is an exclamatory word such as, oh, spoken in direct speech, it is reported in indirect speech with the word, exclaimed, followed by a description of the feeling involved.
• When we change the sentence into Indirect speech the positions of subject and verb are interchanged