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Rakhi says to him, "You must come back home in time."

  • Rakhi tells him that he has to come come back home in time.
  • Rakhi tells him that he had to come come back home in time.
  • Rakhi tells him that he will have to come come back home in time.
  • Rakhi tells him that he must come come back home in time.

Answer: Option A

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1. 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.

2. My father said, "All that glitters is not gold."

  • My father said that all that glitters was not gold.
  • My father advised that all that glitters is not gold.
  • My father remarked that all that glitters is not gold.
  • My father said that all that glitters is not gold.

Answer: Option D

3. 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

4. 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.

5. Sita said to Geeta, "You can learn piano".

  • Sita told Geeta that she can be learn piano.
  • Sita told Geeta that you can learn piano.
  • Sita told Geeta that she could learn piano.
  • Sita told Geeta that she can learn piano.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

When Reporting verb in past Tense and reported speech is having "can" after subject + First Verb.
Then we change "can" to "could" + First verb.

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