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A. None of these
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B. He said you would go to Peshawar next day.
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C. He asked you if you would go to Peshawar next day.
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D. He asked you will you go to Peshawar next day.
Explanation
In indirect speech, "Will you" becomes "if you would" after a reporting verb like "asked."
"Tomorrow" changes to "next day" in indirect speech.
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A. The judge told the witness if he could tell the truth
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B. The says to witness to tell the truth
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C. The judge requited the witness that he should tell the truth
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D. The judge ordered the witness to tell the truth
Explanation
The judge ordered the witness to tell the truth.
The verb "said" is replaced with "ordered" because it's a command.
The structure "to tell" is used in the indirect speech, and the tense remains the same.
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A. None of these
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B. That he has lost my pen
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C. If I could help
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D. Whether he is sane
Explanation
The verb "said" is typically followed by "that" when reporting a statement.
"That he has lost my pen" is a correctly structured reported speech sentence.
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A. He told me that I might live long
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B. He wished I might live long
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C. He said to that I might live long
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D. He wished that I might live long
Explanation
- The correct answer is: He wished that I might live long.
- The original sentence is a blessing or a wish, and when reported indirectly, it becomes a wish or a prayer, not a statement or an order.
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A. None of these
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B. He asked them if they would listen to such a man
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C. He asked them if they listen to such a man
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D. He asked him if they would listen to such a man
Explanation
He asked them if they would listen to such a man.
In indirect speech, the question form "Will you" changes to "if they would" and the pronouns are adjusted accordingly.
The reporting verb "said to" changes to "asked" in a question.
انہوں نے ہم سے کہا کیا تم کل جا رہے ہو؟
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A. They asked us if we were leaving the next day
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B. They asked us if we were leaving tomorrow
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C. They asked us if we were to leave tomorrow
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D. They asked us if we are leaving tomorrow
Explanation
incorrect: They said to us, "Are you leaving tomorrow."?
correct: They asked us if we were leaving the next day
Rules:
Said changes to asked.
Remove inverted commas.
Make it simple from interrogative.
Add if.
Tomorrow changes to the next day.
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A. She said that good morning
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B. None of these
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C. She said good morning
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D. She greeted us
Explanation
Greetings like "Good Morning" are changed into indirect speech as "greeted".
Hence, "She said to us 'Good Morning'" becomes "She greeted us."
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A. You asked him why he had called you names the previous day.
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B. You asked him that why you called him names the previous day.
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C. You asked him why he had called you names the yesterday.
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D. None of these
Explanation
You asked him why he had called you names the previous day.
In indirect speech, the question changes to a statement.
"Did you call" changes to "he had called."
"Yesterday" changes to "the previous day."
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A. He asked her which books she bought from that shop.
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B. He asked her she has bought books from that shop.
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C. He asked her which books she had bought from that shop.
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D. None of these
Explanation
Reported question → "He said to her" changes to "He asked her".
Simple past tense "did you buy" changes to past perfect → "had bought".
"This shop" becomes "that shop" in indirect speech.
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A. He exclaimed that what a stupid fellow I was.
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B. None of these
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C. He did tell me that I had been a stupid fellow.
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D. He told me that you were a stupid fellow.
Explanation
In indirect speech, exclamation sentences are converted using "exclaimed" and a change of pronouns and verb tense.
The sentence "What a stupid fellow you are!" becomes "He exclaimed that what a stupid fellow I was."
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