Question:
Convert from direct speech to indirect speech :
Nitin said to his brother, “What a beautiful painting it is“?
Convert from direct speech to indirect speech :
Nitin said to his brother, “What a beautiful painting it is“?
Options:
- a) Nitin wondered to his brother that what a beautiful painting it was.
- b) Nitin wondered before his brother that it was a beautiful painting.
- c) Nitin exclaimed that it is a beautiful painting.
- d) Nitin asked his brother whether it was beautiful painting.
- a) Nitin wondered to his brother that what a beautiful painting it was.
- b) Nitin wondered before his brother that it was a beautiful painting.
- c) Nitin exclaimed that it is a beautiful painting.
- d) Nitin asked his brother whether it was beautiful painting.
correct answer : b)
Explanation:
Although the sentence shows admiration, the question mark makes it a rhetorical question. So “said to” changes to “wondered before,” and the question becomes a statement. Tense is correctly shifted from “is” to “was.”
Although the sentence shows admiration, the question mark makes it a rhetorical question. So “said to” changes to “wondered before,” and the question becomes a statement. Tense is correctly shifted from “is” to “was.”