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Sheela said, "I must go."

  • Sheela said that she had to go.
  • Sheela said that I must go.
  • Sheela said that she need to go.
  • Sheela said that she must went.

Answer: Option A

Similar Questions :

1. He said, "Honesty is the best policy."

  • He said that Honesty is the best policy.
  • He said that Honesty was the best policy.
  • He said that Honesty would be the best policy.
  • He said that Honesty will be the best policy.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

If Reporting verb is in Past Tense and Reported Speech is a universal truth, then we do not change it in indirect speech.

2. Mr. Bajaj said, "How foolish of me!"

  • Mr. Bajaj confessed with regret that he had been very foolish.
  • Mr. Bajaj confessed with regret that he is very foolish.
  • Mr. Bajaj confessed with sorrow that he was very foolish.
  • Mr. Bajaj confessed with regret that he was very foolish.

Answer: Option D

3. She said, "He was trying to help me".

  • She said that he tried to help her.
  • She said that he had been trying to help her.
  • She said that he has been trying to help her.
  • She said that he was trying to help her.

Answer: Option B

4. Sahil said to Deepu, "I was going to buy milk".

  • Sahil told Deepu that he were going to buy milk.
  • Sahil told Deepu that he would going to buy milk.
  • Sahil told Deepu that he had been going to buy milk.
  • Sahil told Deepu that he was going to buy milk.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

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

5. 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.

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  • Yusra Arshad 12 years ago

    Need explanation...

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