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Rahul said, " He was walking."

  • Rahul said that he had been walking.
  • Rahul said that he was walking.
  • Rahul said that he had walking.
  • Rahul said that he had walked.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

When Reporting verb in past Tense and reported speech is in "Past Continuous sentence" then we change "Past Continuous sentence" to "Past Perfect Continuous".

Similar Questions :

1. 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.

2. Robert will say to me, "I am your classmate".

  • Robert will tell me that he is my classmate.
  • Robert will tell me that he was my classmate.
  • Robert will tell me that he will be my classmate.
  • Robert said me that he is my classmate.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

"I am your classmate" will remain in present tense in indirect speech because in "Robert will say to me" reporting verb is in future.
So when reporting verb in in future or present, we do not change the tense of the reported speech.

3. Sahil said to his friends, "Lets go to the park."

  • Sahil suggested to his friends that we should go to the park.
  • Sahil requested to his friends that we should go to the park.
  • Sahil suggested to his friends that we would go to the park.
  • Sahil suggested to his friends that we have to go to the park.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

Note: We can also use "Sahil proposed to" in place of "Sahil suggested to"

4. Raju said to me, "He worked hard".

  • Raju told me that he had worked hard.
  • Raju told me that he has worked hard.
  • Raju told me that he had been worked hard.
  • Raju told me that he has been worked hard.

Answer: Option A

5. Find Error :
I need not offer any explanation regarding this incident - my behaviour is speaking itself.

  • will speak to itself
  • speaks for itself
  • has been speaking
  • speaks about itself

Answer: Option B

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