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Bhaskar said to Kapil, "Please do come some time."

Bhaskar requested Kapil to do come sometime.
Bhaskar requested Kapil to come sometime.
Bhaskar asked Kapil to come sometime.
Bhaskar requested Kapil to please come sometime.

Answer: Option B

1. Sita said to Geeta, "You can learn piano".

Sita told Geeta that she can be learn piano.
Sita told Geeta that you can learn piano.
Sita told Geeta that she could learn piano.
Sita told Geeta that she can learn piano.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

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

2. Sushant said to him, "I have been helping your son for years".

Sushant told him that he has helped his son for years.
Sushant told him that he have been helping his son for years.
Sushant told him that he had been helping his son for years.
Sushant told him that he has been helping his son for years.

Answer: Option C

3. She said to me, "I could reach there easily".

She told me that she could reach there easily.
She told me that she could have reach there easily.
She told me that she had reach there easily.
She told me that she had been reach there easily.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

When Reporting verb in past Tense and reported speech is having "could", "would", "should", "might".

Then in indirect speech these are written as it is.

4. Shahekant said to me, "I have no time for you".

Shahekant said that he had no time for me.
Shahekant told me that he had no time for me.
Shahekant told me that he has no time for me.
Shahekant told me that he was having no time for me.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

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

5. The Judge said to inspector, "Call the thieves."

The Judge urged inspector to call the thieves.
The Judge ordered inspector to get the thieves.
The Judge requested inspector to call the thieves.
The Judge ordered inspector to call the thieves.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Note: In this type of imperative sentences, we do not use "if/whether", instead we use "to" to replace inverted commas.