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John says, "I shall go there".

  • John said that he went there.
  • John says that he will go there.
  • John says that he went there.
  • John said that I will go there.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Please note : When reporting verb is in present or future Tense, then in indirect speech we do not change the Tense of Reported speech.

So "John says", it is in present, so we will not change the Tense of "I shall go there". That means it will remain future Tense in indirect speech also.

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1. Rahul said to Shilpa, "How are you ?"

  • Rahul asked Shilpa how she was.
  • Rahul asked Shilpa how she were.
  • Rahul asked Shilpa how is she.
  • Rahul enquired Shilpa how she was.

Answer: Option A

2. The children said, "Let us complete homework together."

  • The children told that let them complete homework together.
  • The children told that they should complete homework together.
  • The children suggested that they should complete homework together.
  • The children asked that they should complete homework together.

Answer: Option C

3. She said, "Well, Rahul, You have done this work."

  • She told Rahul that you had done this work.
  • She told Rahul that you had done that work.
  • She told Rahul that he had done that work.
  • She told Rahul that he has done that work.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

We can remove "Well", "Okay", "You see" etc from indirect speech.

4. She said, " Ugh! I have hated him."

  • She exclaimed with disgust that she had been hated him.
  • She exclaimed with disgust that she had hated him.
  • She exclaimed with sorrow that she had hated him.
  • She exclaimed with disgust that I had hated him.

Answer: Option B

5. The Judge said to inspector, "Call the thieves."

  • The Judge urged inspector to call the thieves.
  • The Judge ordered inspector to get the thieves.
  • The Judge requested inspector to call the thieves.
  • The Judge ordered inspector to call the thieves.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Note: In this type of imperative sentences, we do not use "if/whether", instead we use "to" to replace inverted commas.

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