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Mr. Bajaj said, "How foolish of me!"

Mr. Bajaj confessed with regret that he had been very foolish.
Mr. Bajaj confessed with regret that he is very foolish.
Mr. Bajaj confessed with sorrow that he was very foolish.
Mr. Bajaj confessed with regret that he was very foolish.

Answer: Option D

1. 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

2. Sheela said to me, "Munni is dancing better than me."

Sheela told me that Munni have been dancing better than her.
Sheela told me that Munni was dancing better than her.
Sheela told me that Munni had been dancing better than her.
Sheela told me that Munni had dancing better than her.

Answer: Option C

3. She said, "Madam, I have done homework."

She said respectfully that she had been done homework.
She said respectfully that she has done homework.
She said respectfully that she had done homework.
She said respectfully to her teacher that she had done homework.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Note: while changing it to indirect speech, remove "Sir/Madam" with "respectfully" as we did in this question.

4. 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.

5. Sweety said to me, "I had been writing an essay for 3 hours."

Sweety told me that she has been writing an essay for 3 hours.
Sweety told me that she had been writing an essay for 3 hours.
Sweety told me that she was writing an essay for 3 hours.
Sweety told me that she had written an essay for 3 hours.

Answer: Option B