Change into indirect speech: She said, “Alas! My phone is broken.”
AShe said that phone was broken alas.
BShe said alas my phone is broken.
CShe exclaimed that her phone is broken.
DShe exclaimed sadly that her phone was broken.
Explanation
– Exclamatory sentences with interjections like ‘Alas’ are reported using an adverb like ‘sadly’.
– Present tense shifts to past tense and ‘my’ changes to ‘her’ to match the subject.
– Correct: She exclaimed sadly that her phone was broken.
Exam Relevance
- Topic: Narration
- Subtopic: Direct and Indirect Speech

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