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Option 1 : He exclaimed with sorrow that he had lost his precious watch.
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सही उत्तर He exclaimed with sorrow that he had lost his precious watch. है।
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Choose the correct indirect speech of the sentence: He said, "Alas! I have lost my precious watch."
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He exclaimed with sorrow that he had lost his precious watch.
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He exclaimed with sorrow that he has lost his precious watch.
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He said alas that he had lost his precious watch.
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He exclaimed that he had lost his precious watch with sorrow.
Correct Answer: He exclaimed with sorrow that he had lost his precious watch.
"Alas!" becomes "exclaimed with sorrow", and the present perfect "have lost" backshifts to past perfect "had lost". Only (a) applies both changes correctly.
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