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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.

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1. I said her, "Could you please help me ?"

  • I requested her to help me.
  • I asked her to help me.
  • I told her if she can help me.
  • I asked her if she can help me.

Answer: Option A

2. 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

3. He said to me, "Do read the holy Gita daily."

  • He asked to me to read the holy Gita daily.
  • He asked me to do read the holy Gita daily.
  • He asked me to read the holy Gita daily.
  • He requested me to read the holy Gita daily.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Note: We remove "do" in the imperative sentences starting with "do".
But if "do" is acting like a verb then we do not remove "do"
Example : He said to me, "Do this work on priority."
Answer: He asked me to do that work on priority.

In above example "do" is acting as a verb so we did not remove it.

4. 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

5. Deepak said to me, "I had finished the coffee."

  • Deepak told me that he had finished the coffee.
  • Deepak told me that he had been finished the coffee.
  • Deepak told me that he had finish the coffee.
  • Deepak told me that he finished the coffee.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

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

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