Learn Exclamatory Sentences to Indirect Speech with definition, rules, tricks, examples, and exercise.
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Change of Exclamatory Sentences to Indirect Speech
Definition of Exclamatory Sentences
It shows the contents of joy, pleasure or happiness, wonder or surprise, and sorrow or sadness.
Examples of Exclamatory Sentences
Joy or Happiness
He said, “Hurrah! We have won the match.”
Wonder or Surprising
He said, “How beautiful this flower is.”
Sorrow or Sadness
They said, “Alas! We lost the way.”
Note: Before proceeding, I would like to give some instructions that we made new changes only in reporting speech. In the reported speech, we’ll make all those changes, made before.
Note: We will make changes in reporting speech. Whereas in reported speech, changes will made that we have made before.
Changing ‘said to’ to be Made
For Joy
exclaimed with joy/exclaimed joyfully
For Surprise
exclaimed with wonder/exclaimed wonderfully
For Sorrow/Condolence
exclaimed with sorrow/exclaimed sorrowfully
Bravo, Wow, Alas, Oh, Ah, Hurrah, Buck Up
More Changings
Remove the words like Well-done etc.
Change What/How to very.
Replace ‘commas’ with ‘that’.
The sentence having ‘wonder/surprise’, convert it into simple sentence before changing to indirect speech.
If there is an objective in reporting speech, add ‘and told me’.
He exclaimed joyfully and told me
Example(Joy) Exclamatory Sentences to Indirect Speech:
He said, “Hurrah! We have gotten brilliant marks.”(Dir)
He said, “Hurrah! We have gotten brilliant marks.”(Dir)
said + Hurrah! ⇒ exclaimed with joy
commas ⇒ that
we ⇒ they
have ⇒ had
He exclaimed with joy that they had gotten brilliant marks.(Ind)
Example(Joy) Exclamatory Sentences to Indirect Speech:
He said to us, “Hurrah! I have gotten admission in the university.”(Dir)
He said to us, “Hurrah! I have gotten admission in the university.”(Dir)
said + Hurrah! ⇒ exclaimed with joy
to us⇒ and told us
commas ⇒ that
I ⇒ he
have ⇒ had
He exclaimed with joy and told us that he had gotten admission to the university. (Ind)
Example(Wonder) Exclamatory Sentences to Indirect Speech:
He said, “Wow! What a huge building that is!”(Dir)
He said, “Wow! What a huge building that is!”(Dir)
said + Wow! ⇒ exclaimed with wonder
commas ⇒ that
what ⇒ very
is ⇒ was
! ⇒ removed
make it simple,
He said, “The building is very huge”(Dir)
He exclaimed with wonder that the building was very huge.(Ind)
Example(Wonder):
I said to you, “Woh! What great cleanliness is here.”(Dir)
I said to you, “Woh! What great cleanliness is here.”(Dir)
said + Wow! ⇒ exclaimed with wonder
to you⇒ and told you
commas ⇒ that
what ⇒ very
is ⇒ was
make it simple,
I said to you, “The cleanliness is very great here.”(Dir)
He exclaimed with wonder and told you that the cleanliness was very great there.(Ind)
Example(Sorrow) Exclamatory Sentences to Indirect Speech:
They said, “Alas! We lost the money”(Dir)
They said, “Alas! We lost the money”(Dir)
said + Alas! ⇒ exclaimed with sorrow
commas ⇒ that
what ⇒ very
lost ⇒ had lost
They exclaimed with sorrow that they had lost the money.(Ind)
Example(Sorrow):
I said to you, “Oh! You lost the final match.”(Dir)
I said to you, “Oh! You lost the final match.”(Dir)
said + oh! ⇒ exclaimed with sorrow
to you ⇒ and told you
You ⇒ you
commas ⇒ that
lost ⇒ had lost
I exclaimed with sorrow and told you that you had lost the final match. (Ind)
Example No. 2 (Sorrow):
I said to him, “Oh! She lost the golden locket.”(Dir)
Isaidto him, “Oh! Shelostthe golden locket.”(Dir)
said + oh!⇒exclaimed with sorrow
to him ⇒and told him
She ⇒third person no change
commas ⇒that
lost⇒had lost
I exclaimed with sorrow and told him that she had lost her golden locket. (Ind)
Most Importantly, you should also learn:
Introduction to Direct Indirect Speech and Basic Changes
Subjective Pronoun Changes in Direct and Indirect Speech
Objective Pronouns Changes in Direct and Indirect Speech
Possessive Pronouns Changes in Direct and Indirect Speech
Changes In Tense in Indirect Speech
Change of Assertive Sentences to Indirect Speech