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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

1. He said to me, "Do read the holy Gita daily."

He asked to me to read the holy Gita daily.
He asked me to do read the holy Gita daily.
He asked me to read the holy Gita daily.
He requested me to read the holy Gita daily.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Note: We remove "do" in the imperative sentences starting with "do".
But if "do" is acting like a verb then we do not remove "do"
Example : He said to me, "Do this work on priority."
Answer: He asked me to do that work on priority.

In above example "do" is acting as a verb so we did not remove it.

2. 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.

3. He said to me, " I had to finish this first."

He told me that he has to finish this first.
He told me that he have to finish this first.
He told me that he had had to finish this first.
He told me that he had to finish this first.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

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

4. Sushant said to him, "I have been helping your son for years".

Sushant told him that he has helped his son for years.
Sushant told him that he have been helping his son for years.
Sushant told him that he had been helping his son for years.
Sushant told him that he has been helping his son for years.

Answer: Option C

5. Rahul said, " He was walking."

Rahul said that he had been walking.
Rahul said that he was walking.
Rahul said that he had walking.
Rahul said that he had walked.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

When Reporting verb in past Tense and reported speech is in "Past Continuous sentence" then we change "Past Continuous sentence" to "Past Perfect Continuous".