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Baljider said to me, "I had been working on it for 5 days."

  • Baljinder told me that he had been working on it for 5 days.
  • Baljinder told me that he has been working on it for 5 days.
  • Baljinder told me that he had worked on it for 5 days.
  • Baljinder told me that he was working on it for 5 days.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

When Reporting verb in past Tense and reported speech is in "Past Perfect Continuous Tense", then we do not change the tense of the reported speech.

Similar Questions :

1. He said to me, " I had to finish this first."

  • He told me that he has to finish this first.
  • He told me that he have to finish this first.
  • He told me that he had had to finish this first.
  • He told me that he had to finish this first.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

When Reporting verb in past Tense and reported speech is having "had to" after subject + First Verb.
Then we change "had to" to "had had to" + First verb.

2. Find Error :
The man to who I sold my house was a cheat.

  • to who I sell
  • to whom I sell
  • to whom I sold
  • who was sold to

Answer: Option C

3. Salma said to me, "Have you a LED TV ?"

  • Salma asked me if I have a LED TV.
  • Salma asked me have you a LED TV.
  • Salma told me have you a LED TV.
  • Salma asked me if I had a LED TV.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

It can also be written as,

Salma enquired of me if I had a LED TV.

Note: In place of "If" we can use "whether" also in both answers.

4. Ram said to Rahul, "You are a good player of cricket".

  • Ram told Rahul that he was a good player of cricket.
  • Ram told Rahul that he were a good player of cricket.
  • Ram told Rahul that he would a good player of cricket.
  • Ram told Rahul that he could be a good player of cricket.

Answer: Option A

5. He said, "I went to Rajesthan yesterday."

  • He told that he had gone to Rajesthan the day before.
  • He told that he has gone to Rajesthan the day before.
  • He told that he has went to Rajesthan the day before.
  • He told that he had went to Rajesthan the day before.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

When Reporting verb in past Tense and reported speech is in "Simple Past Tense", then we change reported speech into "Past Perfect Tense".

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