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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

1. She said, "Well, Rahul, You have done this work."

She told Rahul that you had done this work.
She told Rahul that you had done that work.
She told Rahul that he had done that work.
She told Rahul that he has done that work.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

We can remove "Well", "Okay", "You see" etc from indirect speech.

2. Salma said to me, "Have you a LED TV ?"

Salma asked me if I have a LED TV.
Salma asked me have you a LED TV.
Salma told me have you a LED TV.
Salma asked me if I had a LED TV.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

It can also be written as,

Salma enquired of me if I had a LED TV.

Note: In place of "If" we can use "whether" also in both answers.

3. Rahul said, "I can buy that watch."

Rahul said that he can buy that watch.
Rahul said that he could buy that watch.
Rahul said that he was able to buy that watch.
Rahul said that he can be buy that watch.

Answer: Option B

4. She said to me, "I could reach there easily".

She told me that she could reach there easily.
She told me that she could have reach there easily.
She told me that she had reach there easily.
She told me that she had been reach there easily.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

When Reporting verb in past Tense and reported speech is having "could", "would", "should", "might".

Then in indirect speech these are written as it is.

5. He said to you, "You may go out".

He told you that you might be go out.
He said you that you might be go out.
He told you that you may go out.
He told you that you might go out.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

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