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2071
He said to his brother, “Pack your bags and leave now.”
A. He told his brother that pack your bags and leave now.
B. He suggested his brother that he should pack his bags and leave then.
C. He ordered his brother to pack your bags and leave now.
D. He instructed his brother to pack his bags and leave then.
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Imperative → told/ordered/instructed + object + to + verb.** Pronoun “your → his,” “now → then.” Option (d) keeps sense and grammar correct.
2072
The policeman warned us not to block the traffic.
A. The policeman said to us, “Do not block the traffic.”
B. The policeman said to us, “We should not block the traffic.”
C. The policeman said to us, “You did not block the traffic.”
D. The policeman said to us, “Let us not block the traffic.”
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Negative imperatives in reported speech → warned/told + not to + verb. When reversed, we restore the direct imperative: “Do not block…”**. (b)(c)(d) alter meaning.
2073
The teacher says, “Magnets attract objects made of iron.”
A. The teacher says magnets attracts objects made of iron.
B. The teacher said that magnets were attracting objects made of iron.
C. The teacher said that magnets attracted objects made of iron.
D. The teacher says that magnets attract objects made of iron.
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** Reporting verb present → no backshift. Universal truths remain in present tense. (a) subject–verb error, (b)(c) wrongly backshifted.
2074
The tailor said to him, “Your shirt will be ready by tomorrow.”
A. The tailor told to him that your shirt will be ready by the next day.
B. The tailor told him that his shirt would be ready by the next day.
C. The tailor told him that your shirt would be ready by tomorrow.
D. The tailor told him that his shirt will be ready by tomorrow.
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Will → would, tomorrow → the next day, your → his**. Options (a)(c)(d) keep wrong pronouns or tense.
2075
She said to me, “Have you ever flown a kite?”
A. She asked me if I ever flew a kite.
B. She asked me if I had ever flown a kite.
C. She asked me if you have ever flown a kite.
D. She asked me that had I ever flown a kite.
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Present perfect interrogative → indirect: asked if + past perfect**. (a) simple past, (c) wrong pronoun, (d) wrong structure.
2076
He exclaimed, “What a fine piece of architecture it is!”
A. He exclaimed was it a fine piece of architecture.
B. He exclaimed that what a fine piece of architecture it was.
C. He exclaimed that it was a fine piece of architecture.
D. He exclaimed what a fine piece of architecture is it.
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Exclamations → exclaimed that + clause**. Present → past. (b) clumsy redundancy, (a)(d) wrong order.
2077
The Prime Minister has said, “The government will extend help to the unorganized sector.”
A. The Prime Minister said that the government would extend help to the unorganized sector.
B. The Prime Minister has said that the government extend help to the unorganized sector.
C. The Prime Minister said that the government has extended help to the unorganized sector.
D. The Prime Minister has said that the government will extend help to the unorganized sector.
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Present perfect reporting verb → no backshift**; “will” stays “will.” (a) changes auxiliary to “would.”
2078
Mother said to her daughter, “Paint the river blue.”
A. Mother said her to paint the river blue.
B. Mother told her to paint the river blue.
C. Mother told to her paint the river blue.
D. Mother asked her paint the river blue.
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Imperatives → told + object + to + verb**. Options (a) and (c) ungrammatical; (d) changes tone.
2079
The policeman told the inspector that he had arrested a man for breaking the lockdown rules.
A. The policeman said to the inspector, “He would arrest a man for breaking the lockdown rules.”
B. The policeman said to the inspector, “I am arresting a man for breaking the lockdown rules.”
C. The policeman said to the inspector, “I have arrested a man for breaking the lockdown rules.”
D. The policeman said to the inspector, “He arrests a man for breaking the lockdown rules.”
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had arrested → have arrested** when restored. Other options distort tense/aspect.
2080
Amina told her friends that she couldn’t go with them to the movie that night as she was very busy.
A. Amina said to her friends, “I can’t go with you to the movie tonight as I am very busy.”
B. Amina said to her friends, “I can’t go with them to the movie that night as I was very busy.”
C. Amina said to her friends, “She couldn’t go with them to the movie that night as she was very busy.”
D. Amina said to her friends, “I couldn’t go with you to the movie tonight as I was very busy.”
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Indirect → direct: couldn’t → can’t, that night → tonight, was → am**. Only (a) correctly reverses the backshift.
