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He said to me, "You are rich, aren't you ?"

He asked me if I had rich.
He asked me if I had been rich.
He asked me if I was rich.
He asked me if I was rich, wasn't me.

Answer: Option C

1. Sheela said, "I must go."

Sheela said that she had to go.
Sheela said that I must go.
Sheela said that she need to go.
Sheela said that she must went.

Answer: Option A

2. I said to my brother, "What are you playing today ?"

I asked my brother what he will be playing that day.
I asked my brother what he was playing that day.
I asked my brother if he was playing that day.
I asked my brother what he would be playing that day.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

When there is wh-questions inside invertved commas then we do not use if or whether in indirect speech.

Note: wh-questions means, questions starting with, "who", "what","why", "whom" etc.

3. Rahul said to Shilpa, "How are you ?"

Rahul asked Shilpa how she was.
Rahul asked Shilpa how she were.
Rahul asked Shilpa how is she.
Rahul enquired Shilpa how she was.

Answer: Option A

4. 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.

5. He said, "May God bless you."

He prayed that God bless him.
He prayed that may God bless him.
He told that may God bless him.
He prayed that might God bless him.

Answer: Option D