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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.

1. He said, "Honesty is the best policy."

He said that Honesty is the best policy.
He said that Honesty was the best policy.
He said that Honesty would be the best policy.
He said that Honesty will be the best policy.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

If Reporting verb is in Past Tense and Reported Speech is a universal truth, then we do not change it in indirect speech.

2. My father said to me, "It might rain yesterday".

My father told me that it may have rain the previous day.
My father told me that it would rain the previous day.
My father told me that it might rain the previous day.
My father told me that it could rain the previous day.

Answer: Option C

3. He said to me, "I shall be writing an essay".

He told me that he would have been writing an essay.
He told me that he would be writing an essay.
He told me that he will be writing an essay.
He told me that he shall be writing an essay.

Answer: Option B

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".