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Shakshi said, "How clever I am!"

Shakshi exclaimed that she was very clever.
Shakshi exclaimed with joy that she was very clever.
Shakshi exclaimed that she is very clever.
Shakshi said that she was very clever.

Answer: Option A

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1. 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

2. He remarked, "Two and two makes four."

He remarked that two and two would make four.
He remarked that two and two made four.
He remarked that two and two makes four.
He advised that two and two makes four.

Answer: Option C

3. 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

4. Captain said, "Bravo ! We have won the match."

Captain exclaimed with joy that they have won the match.
Captain exclaimed that they had won the match.
Captain exclaimed with joy that they had won the match.
Captain exclaimed with surprise that they had won the match.

Answer: Option C

5. Baljider said to me, "I had been working on it for 5 days."

Baljinder told me that he had been working on it for 5 days.
Baljinder told me that he has been working on it for 5 days.
Baljinder told me that he had worked on it for 5 days.
Baljinder told me that he was working on it for 5 days.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

When Reporting verb in past Tense and reported speech is in "Past Perfect Continuous Tense", then we do not change the tense of the reported speech.

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