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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

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1. The Judge said to inspector, "Call the thieves."

  • The Judge urged inspector to call the thieves.
  • The Judge ordered inspector to get the thieves.
  • The Judge requested inspector to call the thieves.
  • The Judge ordered inspector to call the thieves.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Note: In this type of imperative sentences, we do not use "if/whether", instead we use "to" to replace inverted commas.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. I asked, "What happened?"

  • I enquired what happened.
  • I asked what happened.
  • I enquired that what happened.
  • I asked what had happened.

Answer: Option D

5. Raju said to me, "He worked hard".

  • Raju told me that he had worked hard.
  • Raju told me that he has worked hard.
  • Raju told me that he had been worked hard.
  • Raju told me that he has been worked hard.

Answer: Option A

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