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1891
She said, "Honesty is the best policy." **Options:**
A. She said that honesty was the best policy.
B. She said that honesty is the best policy.
C. She told that honesty was the best policy.
D. She says that honesty is the best policy. Correct
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Another universal truth → verb is remains unchanged. (a)/(c) wrongly backshift to was**; (d) changes reporting verb tense.
1892
He said, "Two and two make four." **Options:**
A. He said that two and two made four.
B. He said that two and two make four.
C. He says that two and two made four.
D. He says that two and two makes four. Correct
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Universal truth → no tense change. Subject two and two takes plural verb make**. (a)/(c)/(d) shift tense or agreement incorrectly.
1893
Maryam said, “I have to be there by 10 am tomorrow.”
A. Maryam says to me that she has to be there by 10 am.
B. Maryam tells me she has to be there by 10 am tomorrow.
C. Maryam told me that she had to be there by 10 am the next day.
D. Maryam is telling me that she has to be there by 10 am tomorrow.
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Backshift with past reporting: have to → had to (obligation), tomorrow → the next day (deictic shift). Using told + object + that-clause** is correct when an addressee is implied.
1894
He said to his son, "Never tell a lie." **Options:**
A. He told his son to never tell a lie.
B. He forbade his son to tell a lie.
C. He advised his son to never tell a lie.
D. All of the above. Correct
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Negative imperative with never → can be reported as told … not to / forbade / advised … not to**. All three acceptable.
1895
She said, "Would you like to have some tea?" **Options:**
A. She offered me some tea.
B. She asked me to take some tea.
C. She told me to have some tea.
D. She said that I should have some tea. Correct
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Polite offer with Would you like …? → reporting verb offered**. Others misrepresent offer as command or suggestion.
1896
He said, "May God bless you." **Options:**
A. He prayed that God might bless me.
B. He wished that God might bless me.
C. He prayed that God bless me.
D. Both (a) and (b). Correct
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May …! = prayer/blessing → reporting verb prayed/wished. may → might**. Both (a) and (b) are valid.
1897
She said to her brother, "Can you solve this sum?" **Options:**
A. She asked her brother could he solve that sum.
B. She asked her brother if he could solve that sum.
C. She said her brother if he can solve that sum.
D. She told her brother if he solved that sum. Correct
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can → could, this → that. Yes/No question → if/whether** + statement order. (a) wrong inversion; (c)/(d) grammar/tense errors.
1898
He said to me, "Will you help me?" **Options:**
A. He asked me if I would help him.
B. He asked me will I help him.
C. He asked me that I will help him.
D. He told me if I will help him. Correct
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Yes/No with modal → if + subject + would. Pronoun shifts: you → I, me → him**. Others fail word order/tense.
1899
She said to him, "When are you leaving?" **Options:**
A. She asked him when was he leaving.
B. She asked him when he was leaving.
C. She asked him when are you leaving.
D. She said him when he was leaving. Correct
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Wh-question indirect: no inversion; are → was**. (a)/(c) wrong inversion/tense; (d) ungrammatical “said him”.
1900
He said to me, "Where do you live?" **Options:**
A. He asked me where did I live.
B. He asked me where I lived.
C. He asked me where you lived.
D. He said me where I lived. Correct
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Wh-question → reporting verb asked. Indirect keeps statement order: where I lived, not where did I live. Pronoun you → I**.