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Question 1 Discuss
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Kiran asked me, "Did you see the Cricket match on television last night?"

A
Kiran asked me whether I saw the Cricket match on television the earlier night.
B
Kiran asked me whether I had seen the Cricket match on television the earlier night.
C
Kiran asked me did I see the Cricket match on television the last night.
D
Kiran asked me whether I had seen the Cricket match on television the last night.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: B

1. Use “asked me whether” since it's a yes/no question.
2. “Did you see” becomes “I had seen” (past simple → past perfect).
3. “Last night” becomes “the earlier night” or “the previous night”.

Correct Sentence:
Kiran asked me whether I had seen the Cricket match on television the earlier night.
Question 2 Discuss
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He said, 'I am writing a letter now.'

A
He said that he was writing a letter then.
B
He said that he is writing a letter now.
C
He said he had been writing a letter then.
D
He told that he was writing a letter then.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: A

Present continuous changes to past continuous, and 'now' changes to 'then'.
Question 3 Discuss
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She asked, 'Have you finished your homework?'

A
She asked if I have finished my homework.
B
She asked if I had finished my homework.
C
She asked that if I had finished my homework.
D
She asked whether I finished my homework.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: B

Interrogative sentence starting with helping verb uses 'if/whether'. Present perfect changes to past perfect.
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The teacher said to the students, 'The sun rises in the east.'

A
The teacher told the students that the sun rose in the east.
B
The teacher told the students that the sun rises in the east.
C
The teacher asked the students if the sun rises in the east.
D
The teacher told the students the sun has risen in the east.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: B

Universal truths do not change tense in indirect speech.
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Rohan said, 'I bought this car yesterday.'

A
Rohan said that he bought that car the previous day.
B
Rohan said that he had bought that car yesterday.
C
Rohan said that he had bought that car the previous day.
D
Rohan said that he has bought this car the previous day.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: C

Past simple changes to past perfect. 'This' becomes 'that', and 'yesterday' becomes 'the previous day'.
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He said to me, 'Do not open the door.'

A
He forbade me to open the door.
B
He ordered me not to open the door.
C
He told me to not open the door.
D
Both A and B are correct.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: D

Negative imperatives can use 'forbade + to + V1' or 'ordered + not to + V1'.
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She said, 'May God bless you!'

A
She prayed that God might bless me.
B
She wished that God may bless you.
C
She prayed that God will bless me.
D
She said that God might bless me.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: A

Optative sentences use 'prayed/wished'. 'May' changes to 'might'.
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They said, 'We were playing football.'

A
They said that they were playing football.
B
They said that they had been playing football.
C
They said they have been playing football.
D
They said that we had been playing football.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: B

Past continuous tense changes to past perfect continuous tense.
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He asked, 'Where do you live?'

A
He asked where do I live.
B
He asked where I lived.
C
He asked where did I live.
D
He asked that where I lived.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: B

Wh- questions don't use conjunctions. The sentence becomes assertive (Subject + Verb) in past tense.
Question 10 Discuss
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The captain said, 'Bravo! We have won the match.'

A
The captain exclaimed with joy that they had won the match.
B
The captain applauded them saying that they had won the match.
C
The captain exclaimed with sorrow that they had won the match.
D
The captain applauded that we have won the match.

Answer & Explanation

Correct Option: B

'Bravo' is changed to 'applauded + object + saying'.
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