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2251
Mother said to me, "Enjoy your vacation with your friends."
A. Mother told me to enjoy my vacation with my friends.
B. Mother asked me to enjoyed my vacation with my friends.
C. Mother told me that you should enjoy your vacation with your friends.
D. Mother told me that I will enjoy my vacation with my friends.
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** Imperative form: **said to → told + object + to-infinitive.** Option (b) wrongly uses past "enjoyed." Option (c) rewrites into modal "should," not needed. (d) shifts meaning to future. ---
2252
The new employee asked the manager, "When do I have to report for work?"
A. The new employee told the manager that when he had to report for work.
B. The new employee asked the manager when he had to report for work.
C. The manager told the new employee when to report for work.
D. The new manager asked the employee when he would report for work.
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** WH-question reporting: **do I have → he had.** Option (a) is ungrammatical. (c) changes subject/speaker. (d) misidentifies "new manager" instead of employee. ---
2253
Zainab said to me, "I'm glad I did not leave my village."
A. Zainab told me she was glad she was not leaving her village.
B. Zainab told me she is glad she had not left her village.
C. Zainab told me I am glad she had not left her village.
D. Zainab told me she was glad she had not left her village.
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** "I'm glad" → "she was glad." "Did not leave" → "had not left." Option (a) wrongly uses "was not leaving" (continuous). (b) keeps present "is glad." (c) shifts subject incorrectly to "I am." ---
2254
The customer asked the bank manager if they were working on the following Saturday.
A. The customer asked the bank manager, "Are they working on the previous Saturday?"
B. The customer said to the bank manager, "Are you working next Saturday?"
C. The customer asks the bank manager, "If you were working on the following Saturday?"
D. The customer said to the bank manager, "Were they working on the previous Saturday?"
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** Indirect "if they were working the following Saturday" becomes direct "Are you working next Saturday?" Person change **they → you**, time change **following → next.** Options (a) and (d) wrongly use "previous Saturday." (c) is ungrammatical. ---
2255
My mother said to me, "Yusuf, the baby has been crying all day."
A. My mother said Yusuf that the baby has been crying all the day.
B. My mother told me that the baby had been crying all day.
C. My mother told to Yusuf why the baby has been crying all day.
D. Yusuf told my mother that the baby had been crying all day.
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** Present perfect continuous ("has been crying") becomes **past perfect continuous ("had been crying").** Option (a) awkwardly inserts name + wrong tense. (c) changes meaning into "why" form. (d) wrongly shifts speaker. ---
2256
Mother said, "All the guests will arrive tonight."
A. Mother said that all the guests would arrive that night.
B. Mother said that all the guests will arrive tonight.
C. Mother told that all the guests would arrive tonight.
D. Mother said that all the guests will arrive that night.
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** "Will" shifts to **would**. "Tonight" becomes "that night." Option (b) wrongly keeps "will" and "tonight." (c) keeps "tonight," but tense change is incomplete. (d) mixes "will" with "that night." ---
2257
The supervisor said to the staff, "Make sure that every room is disinfected properly."
A. The supervisor instructed the staff to make sure that every room had been disinfected properly.
B. The supervisor instructed the staff to make sure that every room was being disinfected properly.
C. The supervisor instructs the staff to make sure that every room is disinfected properly.
D. The supervisor instructed the staff to make sure that every room was disinfected properly.
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** Imperatives change to **instructed + object + infinitive.** Present tense "is disinfected" shifts to past "was disinfected." (a) changes to past perfect, implying work already completed. (b) uses past continuous, altering sense. (c) wrongly uses present "instructs." ---
2258
The plumber told Rashid that he had fixed the leaking tap.
A. The plumber told to Rashid, "He had fixed the leaking tap."
B. The plumber told Rashid, "Had he fixed the leaking tap?"
C. The plumber said to Rashid, "You had fix the leaking tap."
D. The plumber said to Rashid, "I have fixed the leaking tap."
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** Indirect "he had fixed" becomes direct "I have fixed." Past perfect changes back to **present perfect** in direct speech. (a) repeats "he had fixed," not correct in direct form. (b) changes it to a question. (c) has a grammatical error "had fix." ---
2259
My niece said, "I have decided to take coaching in badminton."
A. My niece told me that she had decided to take coaching in badminton.
B. My niece told that I have decided to take coaching in badminton.
C. My niece said she is deciding to take coaching in badminton.
D. My niece said she will decide to take coaching in badminton.
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** Present perfect ("have decided") changes to **past perfect ("had decided")** in indirect speech. Option (b) wrongly keeps "I have decided." Option (c) changes the aspect to present continuous ("is deciding"), which alters meaning. Option (d) wrongly shifts to future ("will decide"). Hence, (a) is correct. ---
2260
She told the car mechanic that her car was giving very low mileage.
A. The car mechanic said to her, "Your car is giving very low mileage."
B. She said to the car mechanic, "Her car has been giving very low mileage."
C. She said to the car mechanic, "My car is giving very low mileage."
D. She asked the car mechanic, "Why is my car giving very low mileage?"
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** **Indirect → Direct** — restore **first-person possession** (**her → my**) and present progressive (**was giving → is giving**) because reported speech had backshifted it. (a) flips speaker. (b) tense/aspect changed to **present perfect continuous**. (d) turns it into a question with **why**, changing the content. ---
