Choose the correct direct speech form of the following sentence.
He exclaimed that the flower was looking very beautiful, which was placed in the vase.

Correct option is A

The correct direct speech is (a).
Rules of conversion (exclamatory → direct):
· Reported exclamations with “exclaimed that … very + adjective” often become “How + adjective + subject + verb!” in direct speech (exclamatory form).
· Keep appropriate exclamation mark (!) and quotation marks in direct speech.
· Time reference may return to a present-time description in direct speech if the speaker is observing it now (“is looking”), which is acceptable in exam transformations.
· Relative clause ( which is placed in the vase) identifies the flower; using is is acceptable as the speaker is describing a present state.
Why (a) fits: It correctly uses “How + adjective” (“How beautiful … is looking!”) to express admiration and retains the identifying clause.
Why others are incorrect:
· (b) Uses “What beautiful …” — ungrammatical; with what you need a noun (“What a beautiful flower!”), not an adjective alone.
· (c) Starts with “Which beautiful …” — grammatically wrong structure.
· (d) Is a plain statement (not exclamatory) and doesn’t reflect the exclaimed tone.
Extra tip:
· Exclamatory patterns: How + adj/adv + S + V! / What (a/an) + adj + noun + S + V!
· How beautiful the flower looks! / What a beautiful flower it is!