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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. Bhaskar said to Kapil, "Please do come some time."

  • Bhaskar requested Kapil to do come sometime.
  • Bhaskar requested Kapil to come sometime.
  • Bhaskar asked Kapil to come sometime.
  • Bhaskar requested Kapil to please come sometime.

Answer: Option B

2. Sita said to Geeta, "You can learn piano".

  • Sita told Geeta that she can be learn piano.
  • Sita told Geeta that you can learn piano.
  • Sita told Geeta that she could learn piano.
  • Sita told Geeta that she can learn piano.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

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

3. Reema said to Jitender, "You would not fight with me."

  • Reema told to Jitender that he has not to fight with her.
  • Reema told to Jitender that he would not fight with her.
  • Reema told to Jitender that he will not fight with her.
  • Reema told to Jitender that he should not fight with her.

Answer: Option B

4. 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

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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