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2221
Rani said to me, "A monkey bit me in the park."
A. … asked me if …
B. … that a monkey bit me …
C. Rani told me that a monkey had bitten her in the park.
D. … has bitten …
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** **Statement reporting:** **bit → had bitten** (past → past perfect) and **me→her**. (a) wrongly turns into a question. (b) wrong pronoun. (d) wrong tense (present perfect). ---
2222
The driver said to the passerby, "Do you know the way to the market?"
A. The driver asked the passerby if he knew the way to the market.
B. … whether you know …
C. … if he knows …
D. … did he know …
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** **Yes/No question → if/whether + statement order**; **know → knew** (backshift). (b) wrong pronoun **you**. (c) keeps present **knows**. (d) retains question inversion. ---
2223
I said to Promod, "How did you break your leg?"
A. I asked Promod how he had broken your leg.
B. I asked Promod how he had broken his leg.
C. I asked Promod how did you break your leg.
D. I asked Promod how you broke your leg.
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** **WH-question + backshift:** **did break → had broken**; pronouns **you→he, your→his**. (a) mixes pronouns. (c) keeps question order after "asked." (d) lacks backshift (**broke**). ---
2224
I said to my daughter, "Why are you angry with me?"
A. I asked to my daughter why was she angry with me.
B. I asked my daughter why you are angry with me.
C. I asked my daughter why she was angry with me.
D. I said to my daughter that why she was angry with me.
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** **Reported WH-question:** use **asked + object + WH-clause** (no question word order), and **present → past** backshift (**are → was**). (a) ungrammatical "asked to"; also wrong inversion. (b) wrong pronoun **you**. (d) "that why" is incorrect. ---
2225
Sania said to me, "Tomorrow is my convocation."
A. Sania told to me that the next day is her convocation.
B. Sania told me that tomorrow was her convocation.
C. Sania told me that the next day was her convocation.
D. I told Sania that her convocation was the next day.
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** "Tomorrow" → "the next day." Present "is" → past "was." Option (a) keeps "is." (b) keeps "tomorrow." (d) shifts speaker. ---
2226
He told you that he would discuss the matter that evening.
A. … "I will discuss… today evening."
B. You said… "I will discuss this evening."
C. He told… "He will discuss that evening."
D. You said… "He would discuss…"
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** Indirect "he would…that evening" comes from direct "I will… today evening." Pronoun change "I→he," tense backshift "will→would," "today evening→that evening." ---
2227
She said to Mariam, "Please post this letter."
A. … ordered Mariam that post…
B. … said Mariam to post…
C. She requested Mariam to post that letter.
D. She told Mariam to post this letter.
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** Polite request with "please" → **requested + object + to-infinitive.** "This" → "that." (a) uses wrong verb "ordered." (b) bad grammar. (d) keeps "this." ---
2228
"Let us go to the hills for a vacation," Mother said to us.
A. Mother ordered us…
B. … said that should we go…
C. … suggested that let us go…
D. Mother suggested that we should go to the hills for a vacation.
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** "Let us" for suggestion in indirect speech → **suggested that we should.** (a) "ordered" changes tone. (b) & (c) grammatically awkward. ---
2229
You said, "I scored four goals."
A. … you scored…
B. … you had scored four goals.
C. … you have scored…
D. … I had scored…
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** Past simple "scored" → **past perfect "had scored."** (a) keeps simple past. (c) wrongly changes to present perfect. (d) wrong pronoun. ---
2230
The maid asked me if she could get me a glass of juice.
A. … "Can she get me…?"
B. … "Can I get you…?"
C. … "I can get you…"
D. … "Could you get me…?"
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** Indirect "she could get me…" → direct "Can I get you…?" Modal backshift **can→could** reversed. Options (a), (c), (d) alter pronouns/meaning. ---
