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2171
The Principal says, "Hard work is the key to success"
A. The Principal say that Hard work is the key to success.
B. The Principal said that Hard work was the key to success.
C. The Principal says that Hard work was the key to success.
D. The Principal says that Hard work is the key to success.
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** **Present reporting → no backshift**; keep universal truth in **present**. (a) **say** with singular subject is wrong. (b)(c) wrongly backshift **is→was**. ---
2172
She told her brother that she was going to meet her friend.
A. "I was going to meet my friend."
B. "She will go to meet her friend."
C. "I am gone to meet her friend."
D. She said to her brother, "I am going to meet my friend."
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** **Reverse backshift:** **was going → am going**; pronouns revert **she→I**, **her friend→my friend**. Others have tense/person mistakes. ---
2173
The doctor asked her what medicine she had taken then.
A. The doctor said to her, "What medicine have you taken now?"
B. … "What medicine you are taking now?"
C. … "What medicine you have taken then?"
D. … "What were medicine you have taken then?"
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** **Indirect → Direct (WH)**: **had taken → have taken** (reverse backshift), **then → now**. (b)(c)(d) have order/tense/grammar errors. ---
2174
The boy requested his mother to give him a mango.
A. The boy said to his mother, "Will you give me a mango?"
B. The boy said to his mother, "Please give me a mango."
C. The mother said to the boy, "Give him a mango."
D. The boy said to his mother, "Give me a mango now"
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** **Indirect request → Direct with "please"** matches best. (a) is a question, not a request form; (c) changes speaker; (d) is a command. ---
2175
My neighbour said to me, "Hello! How are you?"
A. My neighbour said hello and asked how were I.
B. My neighbour said hello and asked how are you.
C. My neighbour said hello and asked how I was.
D. My neighbour said hello and asked how was I.
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** Greeting + **reported WH-question**: **How are you? → how I was** (backshift and statement order). (a)(d) wrong inversion; (b) keeps **are you**. ---
2176
The supervisor said to the worker, "How long have you been working for this company?"
A. … asked … that how long you had been …
B. … for how long had he been … this company.
C. … how long had he being …
D. The supervisor asked the worker how long he had been working for that company.
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** **WH-question reporting**: **present perfect continuous → past perfect continuous**; **this → that**. (a) "that how" is wrong + pronoun **you**. (b) inversion after "asked" is wrong in reported clause. (c) **being** error. ---
2177
He asked me if I would like to learn French.
A. He said to me, "Do you like to learn French?"
B. He said to me, "Would you like to learn French?"
C. He said to me, "You would like to learn French?"
D. He said to me, "I would like to learn French."
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** **Indirect (polite offer) → Direct**: **would you like…?** Options (a)(c)(d) alter meaning/person or use wrong structure. ---
2178
The librarian said to her, "You can borrow only two books at a time."
A. … told her that they could borrow …
B. … told her that you can borrow …
C. The librarian told her that she could borrow only two books at a time.
D. … told her that she can borrow …
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** **Said to → told**; **can → could** (backshift); **you → she**. (a) wrong **they**; (b)(d) wrong pronouns/tense. ---
2179
She asked her mother where her gold bracelet was.
A. She asked to her mother, "Where my gold bracelet is?"
B. She said to her mother, "Where is my gold bracelet?"
C. She said to her mother, "Where was my gold bracelet?"
D. She said to her mother, "Where was her gold bracelet?"
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** **Indirect → Direct (WH-question)**: restore question order and pronouns: **her → my**, **was → is** (reverse backshift). (a) wrong order and **asked to**. (c) uses **was** needlessly. (d) wrong pronoun **her** in direct speech. ---
2180
He said to Manoj, "I celebrated my birthday two days ago."
A. He told Manoj that he celebrated my birthday two days before.
B. He told Manoj that he celebrated his birthday two days ago.
C. He told Manoj that I celebrated my birthday two days ago.
D. He told Manoj that he had celebrated his birthday two days before.
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** **Past simple → past perfect**; **two days ago → two days before**; **I → he**; **my → his**. (a)(b)(c) keep wrong time word/pronouns/tense. ---
