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2181
Neha exclaimed that it was a very pleasant surprise.
A. Neha said, "What a pleasant surprise!"
B. Neha said, "It is a very pleasant surprise."
C. Neha said, "Is it a very pleasant surprise?"
D. Neha said, "How a pleasant surprise!"
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** **Exclamatory (indirect) → exclamatory (direct)**: pattern **What + (a/an) + adj + noun!** (b) is plain statement; (c) question; (d) wrong structure (**How a…**). ---
2182
The young man prayed to God to help him clear that interview.
A. The young man said to God, "Will you help me clear that interview?"
B. The young man said to God, "You have to help me clear that interview"
C. The young man said to God, "O God! Help me clear this interview"
D. The young man said to God, "O God! Help him to clear that interview"
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** **Indirect request/prayer → Direct optative**: "prayed to God to help him" corresponds to **"O God! Help me…"** Also **that interview → this interview** (deixis). (a) is a question, not a prayer. (b) imperative tone but **that** doesn't revert to **this**; also "have to" changes intent. (d) wrong pronoun **him**. ---
2183
He said to me, "Your father is waiting for you at the reception."
A. He told me that his father was waiting for you at the reception.
B. He told me that my father was waiting for me at the reception.
C. He told me that your father was waiting for him at the reception.
D. He told to me my father was waiting for you at the reception.
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** **Said to → told + object + that-clause**; pronouns shift **your→my, you→me**; **is → was** (backshift). (a) wrong **his/you**. (c) wrong persons. (d) ungrammatical **told to me** and pronoun mix. ---
2184
I told him that if he went around the park he would see some rare flowers.
A. I said to him, "If you went around the park you would see some rare flowers."
B. I said to him, "If you go around the park you would saw some rare flowers."
C. I said to him, "If you go around the park you will see some rare flowers."
D. I said to him, "If he went around the park he will see some rare flowers."
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** **Indirect → Direct (conditional)**: backshift reversal: **went → go**, **would see → will see**, and pronouns **he → you**. (a) wrongly keeps **went/would** in direct. (b) ungrammatical **would saw**. (d) mismatches **he…will** and keeps third person. ---
2185
Mahesh said to Priya, "How will you pay off your debts?"
A. … how will she …
B. … that how you will …
C. Mahesh asked Priya how she would pay off her debts.
D. … how she would pay off your debts.
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** **WH-question reporting + backshift** (**will→would**), and **you→she / your→her**. (a)(b) keep question order or wrong pronouns; (d) wrong pronoun _your_. --- Here are **Q.121–Q.140** solved in your exact format, with expanded grammar-rule explanations and quick notes on the distractors. ---
2186
The landlord said to me, "Did you pay the water bill on time?"
A. The landlord asked me if I had paid the water bill on time.
B. … if I paid …
C. … asked to me that did I …
D. … asked me did I paid …
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** **Yes/No question → asked if + past perfect** for completed past action. Others have tense or word-order errors. ---
2187
He said to his brother, "Pack your bags and leave now."
A. … that pack …
B. … suggested … should … then.
C. … to pack your bags …
D. He instructed his brother to pack his bags and leave then.
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Two coordinated imperatives are appropriately rendered with an object and two to-infinitives (to pack … and leave …). Deictic elements shift (now → then), and your → his. The other options exhibit pronoun errors, structural flaws, or inappropriate reporting verbs.
2188
I told my parents not to worry about me.
A. "Nothing to worry …"
B. I said to my parents, "Don't worry about me."
C. "You don't have to worry …"
D. "You don't be worried …"
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** **Indirect imperative → Direct negative imperative** matches best as **Don't worry …** Others paraphrase or are unidiomatic. ---
2189
The policeman warned us not to block the traffic
A. The policeman said to us, "Do not block the traffic."
B. … "We should not …"
C. … "You did not …"
D. … "Let us not …"
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** **Negative imperative (warned … not to) → "Do not …"** in direct. Others change meaning/tense. ---
2190
The teacher says, "Magnets attract objects made of iron."
A. … says magnets attracts …
B. … said that magnets were attracting …
C. … said that magnets attracted …
D. The teacher says that magnets attract objects made of iron.
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** **Present reporting → no backshift**; keep general truth in present. (a) S–V error; (b)(c) past tenses unnecessary. ---
