choose the most appropriate option to change the narration (direct/indirect) of the given sentence.
The gym instructor exclaimed that her students' performance was extremely poor.

Options

A. The gym instructor said to her students, "How poor their performance is!"
B. The gym instructor said to her students, "How is your performance so poor?"
C. The gym instructor said to her students, “How poor your performance is!"
D. The gym instructor says to her students, "Your performance is poor."

Answer

C

Explanation

The gym instructor said to her students, "How poor your performance is!" (Correct)
(a) The gym instructor said to her students, "How poor `ul("their")` performance is!” (Incorrect pronoun)
(b) The gym instructor said to her students, "`ul("How is your performance so poor?")` (Incorrect Sentence Type-Interrogative)
(d) The gym instructor `ul("says to")` her students, "`ul("Your performance is poor.")`"(Incorrect Sentence Type and incorrect reporting verb)