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2081
She said to her brother, "Please lend me your pen." **Options:**
A. She requested her brother to lend her his pen.
B. She said to her brother please lend me your pen.
C. She asked her brother that lend her his pen.
D. She told her brother to lend me his pen. Correct
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Imperative with “please” → reporting verb requested. me → her, your → his. Use to-infinitive** form.
2082
The boy said, "I shall never forget your kindness." **Options:**
A. The boy said that he should never forget my kindness.
B. The boy said that he will never forget your kindness.
C. The boy said that he would never forget my kindness.
D. The boy said that he would never forget your kindness. Correct
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shall → would. Pronouns: I → he, your → my**. Keep negation unchanged.
2083
He said, "Where do you live?" **Options:**
A. He asked me where I live.
B. He asked me where do I live.
C. He asked me where I lived.
D. He told me where I lived. Correct
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WH-question → reporting verb asked. No question word order (subject before verb). do you live → I lived** (backshift).
2084
She said to her mother, "I cannot solve this problem." **Options:**
A. She told her mother that she could not solve that problem.
B. She told her mother that I cannot solve this problem.
C. She told her mother she can’t solve the problem.
D. She said her mother she couldn’t solve this problem. Correct
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said to → told (object present). cannot → could not. this → that. Pronoun I → she**.
2085
He said, "What are you doing here?" **Options:**
A. He asked me what I was doing there.
B. He asked me what was I doing here.
C. He told me what I was doing here.
D. He asked me that what I am doing there. Correct
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Direct WH-question → indirect without if. Word order becomes statement form (I was doing). here → there, you → I**.
2086
The child said, "I am thirsty." **Options:**
A. The child said that he is thirsty.
B. The child said that he was thirsty.
C. The child told that he has been thirsty.
D. The child said he had been thirsty. Correct
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am → was (present → past). Pronoun I → he. Insert that**.
2087
Ahmad said to his friend, "Did you watch the match last night?" **Options:**
A. Ahmad asked his friend if he had watched the match the previous night.
B. Ahmad asked his friend did he watch the match last night.
C. Ahmad said to his friend that he watched the match last night.
D. Ahmad told his friend that he had watched the match last night. Correct
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Interrogative (yes/no) → if/whether. Did … watch → had watched. last night → the previous night**.
2088
She said, "I will call you when I reach home." **Options:**
A. She said that she would call me when she reached home.
B. She said that she will call me when she reached home.
C. She told me that she would call you when she reaches home.
D. She said that she would have called me when she reached home. Correct
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will → would (backshift). I → she, you → me. Time clause reach → reached** (past tense in indirect).
2089
He said, "I was reading a novel yesterday." **Options:**
A. He said that he was reading a novel the previous day.
B. He said that he had been reading a novel the previous day.
C. He said that I had been reading a novel yesterday.
D. He said that he read a novel yesterday. Correct
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was reading → had been reading (past continuous → past perfect continuous). yesterday → the previous day**. Pronoun unchanged.
2090
The teacher said, "Honesty is the best policy." **Options:**
A. The teacher said that honesty is the best policy.
B. The teacher said that honesty was the best policy.
C. The teacher told honesty is the best policy.
D. The teacher said honesty had been the best policy. Correct
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Universal truth → tense does not change. Keep simple present is**.
