Explanation

The direct speech "He said to her, 'What a cold day!'"

Indirect speech as: "He exclaimed that it was a very cold day."

“What a cold day!” → changes to exclaimed that

Present feeling → changed into past (was a very cold day)

Reporting verb “said” → becomes exclaimed (because it shows strong emotion)

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Explanation

• He said that he was tired.
• Am changes to was because the reporting verb said is in past tense.
• The pronoun I changes to he to agree with the subject.

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Explanation

• He said he could solve that.
• In indirect narration, can changes into could.
• The word this changes into that.
• Reporting verb said remains the same because there is no object after it.

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Explanation

• He said, "Hurrah! Pakistan has won the Sahara Cup."
• The phrase "exclaimed with joy" suggests happiness or excitement, reflected by "Hurrah!" in direct speech.
• The past perfect tense in indirect speech ("had won") is converted to the present perfect ("has won") in direct speech.

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Explanation

• Mother prayed that I might succeed.
• The sentence shows a prayer/wish, so said changes into prayed in indirect narration.
• In indirect speech, may usually changes into might.
• “You” changes according to the listener, so it becomes I here.

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