WBCS.LIVE practice question

Change the following into Indirect Speech: 'He said, "Alas! I am undone."'

Solve this multiple-choice question and check the correct answer with its explanation below.

Answer options

  1. He said sadly that he was undone.
  2. He exclaimed with sorrow that he was undone.
  3. He exclaimed that he is undone.
  4. He cried out that he was undone.

Correct answer and explanation

Correct answer: He exclaimed with sorrow that he was undone.

Explanation: āœ… Correct Answer: B) He exclaimed with sorrow that he was undone. šŸ“š Explanation: This is an exclamatory sentence using the interjection 'Alas', which expresses grief or sorrow. In indirect speech, 'said' is replaced by 'exclaimed with sorrow' to convey the emotion. The first person pronoun 'I' changes to 'he', and the present tense 'am' shifts to the past tense 'was' to maintain the correct sequence of tenses.