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2241
The teacher said, "Too many cooks spoil the broth."
A. … spoils the broth.
B. The teacher said that too many cooks spoil the broth.
C. … had spoilt the broth.
D. … spoiled the broth.
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** This is a **proverb/universal truth.** No tense change in indirect speech. (a) has subject–verb error. (c) & (d) wrongly shift tense. ---
2242
She exclaimed that I had grown very tall.
A. She said to me, "How tall I have grown!"
B. She said to me, "How tall are you?"
C. She said to me, "You have grown very tall."
D. She said to me, "How tall you have grown!"
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** Indirect "She exclaimed that I had grown very tall" comes from an **exclamatory form.** Direct exclamation = "How tall you have grown!" Options (a) & (c) shift subject wrongly. (b) changes into question form. ---
2243
The manager lauded the salesman and said that his performance had been exceptional.
A. … "Oh! Your performance had been exceptional."
B. … "Well done! Your performance has been exceptional."
C. … "Well done! Your performance has being exceptional."
D. … "Bravo! How exceptional his performance is!"
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** Indirect "had been" comes from **present perfect "has been."** Reporting verb in past triggers backshift. (a) wrongly keeps past perfect. (c) has grammar error "has being." (d) alters structure. ---
2244
Mother ordered the children to stop playing then.
A. Mother said to the children, "Please stop playing then."
B. Mother said to the children, "Stop playing now."
C. Mother said to the children, "Don't play then."
D. Mother said to the children, "Can you stop playing now?"
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** "Stop playing then" in reported speech comes from **"Stop playing now"** in direct. "Now→then." Options (a) and (c) change tone. (d) turns it into a question. ---
2245
He said to me, "What can I do for you?"
A. He asked me what I could do for him.
B. He asked me what he could do for me.
C. He asked me that what could I do for you.
D. He asked me what he can do for me.
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** WH-question in reported speech. **Can → could.** Pronouns: **I→he, you→me.** Option (a) flips roles. (c) is ungrammatical. (d) wrongly keeps "can." ---
2246
He says, "Some goods are of poor quality."
A. He says that some goods were of poor quality.
B. He said that some goods are of poor quality.
C. He says that some goods are of poor quality.
D. He said that some goods were of poor quality.
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** Reporting verb is in **present tense ("says")**, so **no backshift.** "Are" remains "are." Options (a) and (d) wrongly backshift. (b) wrongly uses past reporting. ---
2247
The little girl said that those butterflies were very colourful.
A. The little girl said, "Those butterflies were very colourful."
B. The little girl said, "These butterflies are very colourful."
C. The little girl says, "How colourful were these butterflies!"
D. The little girl said, "Are those butterflies very colourful?"
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** Indirect → Direct. "Those…were" in reported form comes from **"These…are"** in direct. Deictic change: "these→those," tense backshift "are→were." Options (a) and (d) keep "those" but don't match tense/time. (c) changes to exclamatory. ---
2248
"Our teacher returned from Mumbai last month", she said.
A. She said that her teacher had returned from Mumbai the earlier month.
B. Her teacher returned from Mumbai last month, she said.
C. She said that their teacher had returned from Mumbai the previous month.
D. She said that her teacher had returned from Mumbai the previous month.
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** Past simple ("returned") shifts to **past perfect ("had returned").** "Last month" → "the previous month." Option (a) uses "earlier month," uncommon. (b) keeps direct order. (c) changes pronoun "her teacher" to "their teacher," altering meaning.
2249
The chemist said to me, "I cannot take these medicines back as they are special medicines."
A. The chemist told me that he cannot take these medicines back as they are special medicines.
B. The chemist told me that he could not take those medicines back as they were special medicines.
C. The chemist told me that I cannot take these medicines back as they are special medicines.
D. The chemist told me that he could not take these medicines back as they are special medicines.
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** "Cannot" → "could not." "These" → "those." "Are" → "were." Option (a) keeps present. (c) misuses pronoun "I." (d) mixes present "are" with past "could not." ---
2250
My brother said to me, "Have you read the newspaper today?"
A. My brother asked me if you have read the newspaper today.
B. My brother asked me if I had read the newspaper today.
C. My brother asked me if I had read the newspaper that day.
D. My brother asked me have you read the newspaper today.
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** Present perfect ("have read") changes to **past perfect ("had read").** "Today" → "that day." Option (a) wrongly keeps "you have." (b) keeps "today," inconsistent with time change. (d) keeps direct question form. ---
