She said, 'I have a sister.' MCQ with Answer and Explanation

She said, 'I have a sister.'
A. She said that she had a sister.
B. She said that she have a sister.
C. She said that she has a sister.
D. She said that I have a sister.
Answer: Option A
Solution (By JKSSB Mock Tests)
Present 'have' to past 'had'.

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Question #1
She said, 'I was reading a book.'
A. She said that she had been reading a book.
B. She said that she was reading a book.
C. She said that she had read a book.
D. She said that she read a book.

Correct Answer: Option A


Explanation:
Past continuous to past perfect continuous.

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Question #2
He said, 'Let's play chess.'
A. He suggested to play chess.
B. He suggested that they should play chess.
C. He said let's play chess.
D. He proposed that we play chess.

Correct Answer: Option B


Explanation:
Suggestion: suggested that + they should + verb.

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Question #3
She said to her brother, 'Don't make a noise.'
A. She said to her brother don't make a noise.
B. She forbade her brother from making a noise.
C. She told her brother not to make a noise.
D. She forbade her brother to make a noise.

Correct Answer: Option C


Explanation:
Negative imperative is correctly reported as 'told + object + not + to-infinitive'. While 'forbade' is also used, its structure is 'forbade + object + to-infinitive' (without 'not'), so option A is incorrect.

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