She exclaimed with wonder that what a beautiful flower it was.

[Tait-ka]

She said, "Wow! What a beautiful flower it is".
She exclaimed with wonder that what a beautiful flower it was.

She said, "Wow! What a beautiful shirt it is".
She exclaimed with wonder that what a beautiful shirt it was.

He said, "Wow! What an interesting story it is".
He exclaimed with wonder that what an interesting story it was.

David said to him, "How intelligent you are!"
David exclaimed with wonder that how intelligent he was.

This is the source:
https://www.studyandexam.com/indirect-speech-imperative-exclamatory.htm

Please tell me whether the bolded reported speech sentences are correct.

 

[5jj]

https://www.studyandexam.com/indirect-speech-imperative-exclamatory.htm

That link does not work for me.

 

[Tait-ka]

That link does not work for me.

Indirect Speech for Imperative & Exclamatory Sentences

www.studyandexam.com

Does it work now?

 

[5jj]

Yes, thank you.

 

[5jj]

She exclaimed with wonder that what a beautiful flower it was.

She exclaimed with wonder that what a beautiful shirt it was.

He exclaimed with wonder that what an interesting story it was.

David exclaimed with wonder that how intelligent he was.

None of those is correct.

 

[Tait-ka]

None of those is correct.

Can you please explain why? And can you please tell me the correct ones?

 

[Skrej]

You can use either 'that' or 'what', but not 'that what'. If you use 'that', then you need to change the word order to follow a typical SVO order.

Either:
She exclaimed with wonder what a beautiful flower it was.
She exclaimed with wonder that it was a beautiful flower.

Unfortunately, that page you took your examples from is incorrect.

 

[Tait-ka]

She exclaimed with wonder what a beautiful flower it was.
She exclaimed with wonder that it was a beautiful flower.

Is the use of "wonder" in these sentences because of the word "Wow!" in direct speech sentences (post#1), or is it because of the words "what"/"how"?

 

[jutfrank]

I imagine that both 'exclaimed' and 'with wonder' are the writer of that webpage's attempts to transform the word 'Wow!' into reported speech. Yes, the word 'Wow!' is an exclamation (it's actually nothing but an exclamation!) and yes, one can imagine a particularly beautiful flower inspiring a feeling of wonder if one tries hard enough.

There's nothing about the structure of 'What a !' remarks in themselves that expresses a feeling of wonder, but they may accompany it in the right circumstances. In other words, a 'What a !' remark may be an appropriate reaction to a wondrous encounter.

 

[Skrej]

Is the use of "wonder" in these sentences because of the word "Wow!" in direct speech sentences (post#1), or is it because of the words "what"/"how"?

It has nothing to do with either of those. As Jutfrank said in the post above, it's just an attempt to convert an interjection into some kind of noun for the reported speech, since there isn't a direct noun form of 'wow'.

You could just as easily use another noun that captures the appropriate sense.

She exclaimed with delight what a beautiful flower it was.
She exclaimed with amazement what a beautiful flower it was.
She exclaimed with surprise what a beautiful flower it was.

You could do something similar with any number of interjections and reported speech. (Note the other examples of joy and sorrow from your source.)

She said, "Ugh! What a horrible odor that is."
She exclaimed with disgust what a horrible odor it was.

There are some other reporting verbs one could use instead of 'exclaimed'.

She said "OUCH! I just cut myself with the paring knife!"
She hollered that she'd cut herself.

She said "Oh! You scared me."
She blurted out that he'd scared her.

 

[Tait-ka]

@jutfrank @Skrej
In grammar books here in Pakistan and the English teachers here don't normally use "Wow!" in direct speech sentences. So let's forget it in the direct speech sentences (post#1).
Let's say we have:

She said, "What a beautiful flower it is".
She exclaimed with wonder that it was a beautiful flower.

She said, "What a beautiful shirt it is".
She exclaimed with wonder that it was a beautiful shirt.

He said, "What an interesting story it is".
He exclaimed with wonder that it was an interesting story.

Now my question is:
Is the use of "with wonder" with "exclaimed" correct here? If yes, what's the reason of using "with wonder" here?
If I remove it, will the bolded sentences still be correct?

 

[5jj]

I find X exclaimed (with wonder) that ... pretty unnatural. I think that most native speakers report the situation rather than the original words, for example:

She said, "What a beautiful flower it is".
She said that the flower was very beautiful.
She was struck by the beauty of the flower.

She said, "What a beautiful shirt it is".
She said/thought I was wearing a beatiful shirt.
She was impressed by my beautiful shirt.

He said, "What an interesting story it is".
He found my story interesting.
My story interested him.

 

[Skrej]

Is the use of "with wonder" with "exclaimed" correct here? If yes, what's the reason of using "with wonder" here?

As we've said, it's just an attempt to somehow reflect the use of the interjection. Since the interjections expresses some kind of emotion, adding 'with wonder' is attempting to report that emotion.

If I remove it, will the bolded sentences still be correct?

Yes, see 5jj's post #12 above. Like him, I don't find the original pattern all that natural. It sounds artificial or perhaps antiquated.

 

[Tait-ka]

She exclaimed with wonder what a beautiful flower it was.

Is this sentence really acceptable, @Skrej?
As far as I have been taught, exclamatory sentences start with "What" or "How". So when we change them into indirect, we don't use the words "what" and "how" again in the indirect from.

 

[emsr2d2]

Is this sentence really acceptable, @Skrej?
As far as I have been taught, exclamatory sentences start with "What" or "How". So when we change them into indirect, we don't use the words "what" and "how" again in the indirect from.

I'm not sure where you've been taught that!

Direct speech "What a wonderful flower", he said.
Indirect speech "He said what a wonderful flower he thought it was" (or similar).

 

[Skrej]

Is this sentence really acceptable, @Skrej?

Yes, Otherwise I wouldn't have typed it (at least without pointing out why it's unacceptable).

As far as I have been taught, exclamatory sentences start with "What" or "How". So when we change them into indirect, we don't use the words "what" and "how" again in the indirect from.

You seem to have been taught a number of inaccurate things. You also have some erroneous reference materials, as previously pointed out.

An exclamatory sentence is simply a sentence that ends with an exclamation point and carries strong emotion. 'What' and 'how' can be used to start an exclamatory sentence, but they are not what makes it exclamatory, nor are they they the only way to begin one.

These are all exclamatory sentences:
You're late again!
We won!
Ow, that hurt!
I can't believe it's not butter!
What a delicious meal (this is)!
That's such a cute puppy!

And from the post above:

I'm not sure where you've been taught that!

 

[jutfrank]

Another point I would make is that we don't usually have a reason to report exclamations indirectly. The main reason we report any kind of speech is to relate some kind of information, which is precisely what exclamations don't have. Exclamations usually express an emotional reaction, so this is what would usually be reported, not the language used to express it.

You should focus on when and why people report each other's speech as well as how they do it.