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2231
She told me that she had given my message to my mother.
A. … "I gave my message to your mother."
B. … "I gave your message to your mother."
C. … "She gave my message to my mother."
D. … "I gave your message to my mother."
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** Indirect "she had given my message…" = direct "I gave your message…" Option (a) mismatches pronouns. (c) wrong speaker. (d) switches subject. ---
2232
The Principal asked Kamran how it was that he was always late for school.
A. … "How it is he was always late for school?"
B. … "How are you always late for school?"
C. … "How it was that he was always late for school?"
D. … "How is it that you are always late for school?"
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** Indirect "how it was…he was" comes from direct "How is it that you are…?" Pronouns: **he→you.** Tense backshift reversed. ---
2233
I said to the postman, "Is there a letter for me?"
A. I asked the postman if there was a letter for me.
B. … if there is…
C. … was there a letter…
D. … that is there…
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** Yes/No question → **asked + if/whether + clause.** "Is" → "was." Options (b–d) keep question order or tense incorrectly. ---
2234
He said, "Manan came to college yesterday."
A. … had came… yesterday.
B. … that Manan had come to college the previous day.
C. … that Manan came to college the previous day.
D. … Manan was coming yesterday.
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** Past simple "came" → **past perfect "had come."** "Yesterday" → "the previous day." (a) uses wrong form "had came." (c) no tense backshift. (d) wrong aspect. ---
2235
He said to his employee, "Do not provoke me unnecessarily."
A. He warned his employee not to provoke him unnecessarily.
B. He requested his employee do not provoke him unnecessarily.
C. He told his employee not to provoke me unnecessarily.
D. He told to his employee to not provoke him unnecessarily.
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** Negative imperative = **warned + not to-infinitive.** (b) "requested" doesn't fit tone. (c) wrong pronoun "me." (d) "told to" is ungrammatical. ---
2236
He said to me, "What a pity! You missed the party."
A. He exclaimed that it was a pity I had missed the party.
B. He exclaimed that it was a pity you missed the party.
C. He exclaimed what a pity it was that you missed the party.
D. He told to me that it was a pity I had missed the party.
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** Exclamatory "What a pity" → "He exclaimed that it was a pity…" Past simple "missed" → past perfect "had missed." Option (b) wrong pronoun. (c) incorrect reported format. (d) poor construction "told to me." ---
2237
He told you that he had not known that it was your birthday that day.
A. He said to you, "I do not know that it was your birthday that day."
B. You said to him, "I do not know that it is your birthday today."
C. He said to you, "You did not know that it was my birthday today."
D. He said to you, "I did not know that it is your birthday today."
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** Indirect "had not known…that day" comes from direct "did not know…it is…today." Past simple + present. Options (a–c) alter subjects or tense mismatches. ---
2238
She said, "I will finish reading the novel today."
A. She said she will finish reading the novel today.
B. She said that she would finish reading the novel that day.
C. She said that I would finish reading the novel today.
D. She said that she will finished reading the novel that day.
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** "Will→would." "Today→that day." Pronoun stays "she." (a) fails to backshift. (c) wrongly changes pronoun. (d) has grammar error "will finished." ---
2239
The teacher asked the students if they could prepare for the debate by the following week.
A. … "Can you prepare for the debate by next week?"
B. … "Could you prepare for the debate by the following week?"
C. … "Are you prepared… next week?"
D. … "Will you prepare… the following week?"
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** Indirect "could… following" → direct "can… next." Options (b) & (d) distort tense/time. (c) changes form to present continuous. ---
2240
The young man exclaimed that it was a great feast.
A. The young man said, "What a great feast it is!"
B. … "It has being a great feast!"
C. … "It is a great feast."
D. … "Is it a great feast?"
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** Indirect "it was a great feast" comes from **"What a great feast it is!"** Exclamatory → exclaimed. (b) wrong grammar "has being." (c) changes structure. (d) converts into a question. ---
