She said, "What a lovely dress it is."[Choose the correct indirect speech:]
Correct answer: B. She exclaimed that it was a lovely dress.
- A. She exclaimed that it is a lovely dress.
- B. She exclaimed that it was a lovely dress.
- C. She exclaimed that what a lovely dress it was.
- D. She exclaimed what a lovely dress it is.
Explanation
Indirect speech is speech that tells you what someone said but does not use the person's actual words instead it is a style of third-person narration. However, when we report things, we usually change the tense by moving it one step back so a sentence in the present tense is reported in the past tense and a sentence in the present continuous is reported in the past continuous. Hence the correct answer is B.
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