Question

Fill in the blank with a suitable option:
_______________ next was lost in the general uproar.

• A. What the speaker said
• B. That the speaker said
• C. What did the speaker say
• D. The speaker said that

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

What the speaker said

Since the assertive sentence refers to the unknowability or inaudibility of a particular speech, Option A is correct. The rest of the options do not refer to this uncertainty or are fit for interrogative sentences, hence, incorrect.