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2201
The thief said to the judge, "Pardon me."
A. … requested … for pardon me.
B. … said to … to pardon.
C. The thief begged the judge to pardon him.
D. … urged to pardon to …
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** **Request for mercy → begged/entreated + object + to-infinitive**; pronoun **me→him**. Others are unidiomatic/ungrammatical. ---
2202
I said to you, "He should be trusted."
A. … I should …
B. … you should …
C. I told you that he should be trusted.
D. I asked you if he should be trusted.
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** **Statement reporting** with **told + object + that-clause**; modal **should** generally **no backshift**. (a)(b) wrong pronouns. (d) wrongly turns into a question. ---
2203
The professor said to Piyush, "Will you clean the data and get back to me tomorrow?"
A. … ordered …
B. … told … clean …
C. The professor asked Piyush if he would clean the data and get back to him the next day.
D. … asked … will you …
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** **Yes/No question → asked + if/whether + clause**; **will → would**, **me→him**, **tomorrow→the next day**. (b) missing _to_ and not a question; (d) keeps question order. ---
2204
I said to my friend, "Please help me arrange these books on the shelf."
A. I requested my friend to help me arrange those books on the shelf.
B. I asked my friend to help me arrange these books on the shelf.
C. I ordered my friend to help me arrange those books on the shelf.
D. I told to my friend to please help me arrange those books on the shelf.
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** **Imperative with "please" → requested + object + to-infinitive**; **deictic shift**: _these → those_. (b) uses _asked_ (weaker fit with "please") and keeps _these_. (c) tone changes to _ordered_. (d) ungrammatical "told to my friend". ---
2205
Taru said that she could not leave the children alone.
A. Taru said, "I cannot leave the children alone."
B. … "She would not leave …"
C. … "I will not leave …"
D. … "I could not be leaving …"
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** **Indirect → Direct:** **could not → cannot**, **she → I**. (b) wrong person and modal. (c) wrong tense. (d) odd progressive construction. ---
2206
She said, "Is anyone there in the house?"
A. She told there is someone …
B. She asked if anyone was there in the house.
C. She asked there is anyone …
D. She enquired if someone is there …
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** **Yes/No question → asked if + clause**; **is → was** (backshift). (a)(c) wrong structure; (d) keeps present **is**. ---
2207
I asked Rahul why he was back so soon.
A. "Why he was back so soon?"
B. "Why you are back so soon?"
C. … asked to Rahul …
D. I said to Rahul, "Why are you back so soon?"
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** **Reverse WH-reporting:** **was → are**; **he → you**; restore question order. (a) wrong order. (b) mismatched pronouns. (c) "asked to" is wrong. ---
2208
He regretted the mistake he had made in his calculations.
A. He said, "I regret the mistake I made in my calculations."
B. … "He regrets … my calculations."
C. … "I regretted …"
D. … "I am sorry … his calculations."
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** **Indirect → Direct:** **regretted that he had made → I regret … I made**. (b)(d) pronoun/tense errors; (c) wrong tense "regretted." ---
2209
Our Principal says, "Rules are to be followed at any cost."
A. … told that …
B. … said that rules had to be followed …
C. … advised that …
D. Our Principal says that rules are to be followed at any cost.
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** **Present reporting → no backshift.** Keep structure; (a) wrong verb "told" without object. (b) backshifts unnecessarily. (c) changes verb of saying to "advised." ---
2210
Taru told me that Avika was having her online cooking class then.
A. … "was having … at this time."
B. … "will be having … now."
C. … "is having … at that time."
D. Taru said to me, "Avika is having her online cooking class now."
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** **Reverse backshift:** **was having → is having**; **then → now.** (a) keeps past; (b) wrong future progressive; (c) wrong deictic **that time**. ---
