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Select the most appropriate indirect transformation of the following sentence.

"How steep the hill is!" they said, "we are quite tired."

They told that the hill was very steep and they were quite tired.

They said that the hill is very steep and they were quite tired.

They exclaimed that the hill was very steep and they were quite tired.

They exclaimed that the hill is very steep and they were quite tired.

✅ Correct Option: 3

The direct speech is an exclamation, so the reporting verb becomes exclaimed and the exclamatory form changes to a statement with very: exclaimed that the hill was very steep. Tenses shift to past (is becomes was), so options keeping is are wrong, and told needs an object. Option 3 satisfies all rules.

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Select the most appropriate indirect transformation of the following sentence. "How steep the hill is!" they said, "we are quite tired."

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Select the most appropriate indirect transformation of the following sentence.

"How steep the hill is!" they said, "we are quite tired."