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"Madam, please watch this program on our folk songs," says Fatima.
A. … says Madam is watching…
B. Fatima requests Madam to watch that program on their folk songs.
C. … asks Madam have you watched…
D. … said to Madam to watch…
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Explanation
** **Present reporting + polite request** → **requests + object + to-infinitive**; **our → their**, **this/our → that/their** for distance. (a) incorrect meaning. (c) turns into a question. (d) wrong verb pattern ("said to … to"). ---
2262
"I love Bollywood music," Bilal said to Reena.
A. Bilal told Reena that he loved Bollywood music.
B. ilal will say to Reena that he loved Bollywood music.
C. ilal says to Reena that he loves Bollywood music.
D. ilal had told Reena that he loved Bollywood music.
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** **Said to → told**, **present simple → past simple** (love→loved) with past reporting. (b) future. (c) present-time reporting, not given. (d) past perfect "had told" is unwarranted. ---
2263
The watchman said, "I did not see anyone last night."
A. The watchman said that he had not seen anyone the previous night.
B. … he did not see… last night.
C. … did not saw…
D. … I had not seen…
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** **Past simple → past perfect** in reported speech; **last night → the previous night**; **I → he**. (b) no backshift, keeps deictic time. (c) ungrammatical ("did not saw"). (d) wrong pronoun. ---
2264
Neil Armstrong said, "It's a small step for man but a giant leap for mankind."
A. … can be…
B. … had said that a small step for man is…
C. … said that it was a small step for man but a giant leap for mankind.
D. … says that was…
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** Classic **reported statement**: **It's → it was** (backshift with past reporting). (b) mixes **had said** with **is**; tense mismatch. (a) modal **can** changes meaning. (d) wrong tense combo **says… was**. ---
2265
The students asked the teacher where they could find the information for their project.
A. "Where can you find… our project?"
B. "Where can we find the information for our project?"
C. Teacher said… "Where you can find…"
D. Teacher said… "I will tell you where…"
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** **Indirect → Direct (WH-question)** — restore **question order** and **pronouns**: **they→we**, **their→our**, **could→can**. (a) wrong **you/our** mix. (c) ungrammatical direct form. (d) different content. ---
2266
My friends say that many young people are very active on social media now.
A. … "were… now."
B. … "were… then."
C. … "are… now."
D. … "are… then."
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** **Present reporting ("say") → no backshift**; keep **are** and **now**. (a) & (b) use **were**; (b) also shifts **now→then** incorrectly. (d) mixes present **are** with **then**. ---
2267
She said to her friend, "Will you take my dog for a walk?"
A. … that if she will take…
B. … asked her friend will she take…
C. She asked her friend if she would take her dog for a walk.
D. She asked to her friend if she would take my dog…
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** **Yes/No question → asked + if/whether + clause**, **will→would**, **my→her**. (a) "that if" is wrong and keeps **will**. (b) retains question order. (d) "asked to her friend" and wrong pronoun "my." ---
2268
Amina said to Sajida, "You can stay with us whenever you are in Delhi."
A. mina told Sajida that she could stay with them whenever she was in Delhi.
B. … whenever you were in Delhi.
C. … that she can stay with us whenever she is in Delhi.
D. … that you can stay with us whenever you are in Delhi.
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** **Can → could**; **you→she**; **us→them**; present → past where appropriate. (b) keeps "you." (c) and (d) keep **present** and **us/you**, breaking person/tense shifts. ---
2269
The yoga instructor said to us, "Doing yoga daily will help you to develop a healthy mind and body."
A. … said to us that daily yoga will help us…
B. … was told them that…
C. … said to us that doing daily yoga will be helping us…
D. … told us that doing yoga daily would help us…
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** **Said to → told + object**, **will → would** (backshift), **you → us** (audience shift). (a) keeps "will." (b) broken passive and pronouns. (c) awkward progressive **"will be helping"** not warranted. ---
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Dr. Ayesha said, "I will definitely write about this case in the medical journal."
A. Dr. Ayesha said that she would definitely write about this case in the medical journal.
B. Dr. Ayesha said that she will definitely write about this case in the medical journal.
C. Dr. Ayesha said that she might write about this case in the medical journal.
D. Dr. Ayesha said that she had written about this case in the medical journal.
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** In reported speech, "will" changes to "would" when the reporting verb is in the past tense. Option (a) correctly applies this rule. Option (b) keeps "will," which is incorrect. Option (c) changes the meaning by using "might." Option (d) incorrectly shifts the tense to past perfect.
