He said to her, "What a cold day!"
A. He told her that it was a cold day.
B. He exclaimed that it was a cold day.
C. He exclaimed sorrowfully that it was a cold day.
D. He exclaimed that it was a very cold day.
Answer: Option D
Solution(By Examveda Team)
The given direct speech is: "What a cold day!"To convert this into indirect speech, we need to consider the reporting verb, which is "He said to her."
In indirect speech, the reporting verb "said" changes to "told," and the exclamation changes to "exclaimed."
Also, the pronoun "her" changes to "her."
Now, we need to change the tense of the reported speech according to the rules of indirect speech. The exclamation "What a cold day!" does not have a direct equivalent in reported speech. So, we need to express the same idea using an exclamation or a suitable expression of emotion.
Among the options given, option D "He exclaimed that it was a very cold day." fits the best, as it uses the reporting verb "exclaimed" and adds the intensity of "very" to convey the idea of the speaker's surprise or emotion about the cold day.
Hence, the correct answer is Option D.
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He said to her, "What a cold day!"
A. He told her that it was a cold day.
B. He exclaimed that it was a cold day.
C. He exclaimed sorrowfully that it was a cold day.
D. He exclaimed that it was a very cold day.
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Why very is used..
Why not option b plzz give right answer
why didn't we choose b
Why not option B. Only the difference is usage of 'so' which is not mentioned in the direct speech itself.
Answer D is right because exclamation rule said when you remove exclamation mark you have to use sorrow fully joy fully + very word to show expression . If you don't know weather the ecpresion is joy full or sorrow full use only very word to exclaimed it. Not necessary that very word must be given in direct speech but you have to use it
I think option B is correct. The direct speech has no 'very' in it.
Option D is right because there is a difference between "cold day" and "a cold day" which is already explained by Gopal Charan in a comment.
Why you are put ... very
Option b is correct as per me bcoz we can't add any extra word such as 'very'
Option b is correct instead of d 😊
Sir option b is wrong why?
I think ot should be (B)
it was just a cold day then how the answer will be a very cold day i think so the right answer must be 'B'
plz make this answer correct
U ARE WRONG HOW DID VERY COLD COME IN THE SENTENCE
It must be B option , as Very is not mentioned there
The right answer is D.
1st understand that what is the difference between -- "cold day " and. "a cold day " in general manner.
Normally we are aquented with cold days. And we are not surprised of a normal cold day.
But when we feel that today's coldness is more or very high than that of yesterday , we will obviously surprise. And the expression "what a cold day " will automatically come out.
it was just a cold day then how the answer will be a very cold day i think so the right answer must be 'B'
B is right I think
Any reasons for why option B is wrong here?
please explain why option B is wrong?
it hould have been b because we cant add words by ourself very isnt given any where