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She said, "You were missing from the picnic".

She told me that I had been missing from the picnic.
She told me that I has been missing from the picnic.
She told me that I were missing from the picnic.
She told me that I had been missed from the picnic.

Answer: Option A

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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. Rahul said to me, "We are mortal".

Rahul said to me that we are mortal.
Rahul says to me that we are mortal.
Rahul said to me that we all are mortal.
Rahul said to me that he and I are mortal.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

No change, because we are using "we" with universal truth.

3. 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

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. Shahekant said to me, "I have no time for you".

Shahekant said that he had no time for me.
Shahekant told me that he had no time for me.
Shahekant told me that he has no time for me.
Shahekant told me that he was having no time for me.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

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

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