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Rahul said, "I can buy that watch."

Rahul said that he can buy that watch.
Rahul said that he could buy that watch.
Rahul said that he was able to buy that watch.
Rahul said that he can be buy that watch.

Answer: Option B

1. She said, "You were missing from the picnic".

She told me that I had been missing from the picnic.
She told me that I has been missing from the picnic.
She told me that I were missing from the picnic.
She told me that I had been missed from the picnic.

Answer: Option A

2. Rahul said, " He was walking."

Rahul said that he had been walking.
Rahul said that he was walking.
Rahul said that he had walking.
Rahul said that he had walked.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

When Reporting verb in past Tense and reported speech is in "Past Continuous sentence" then we change "Past Continuous sentence" to "Past Perfect Continuous".

3. He said to me, "You are rich, aren't you ?"

He asked me if I had rich.
He asked me if I had been rich.
He asked me if I was rich.
He asked me if I was rich, wasn't me.

Answer: Option C

4. I said to my brother, "What are you playing today ?"

I asked my brother what he will be playing that day.
I asked my brother what he was playing that day.
I asked my brother if he was playing that day.
I asked my brother what he would be playing that day.

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

When there is wh-questions inside invertved commas then we do not use if or whether in indirect speech.

Note: wh-questions means, questions starting with, "who", "what","why", "whom" etc.

5. Robert will say to me, "I am your classmate".

Robert will tell me that he is my classmate.
Robert will tell me that he was my classmate.
Robert will tell me that he will be my classmate.
Robert said me that he is my classmate.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

"I am your classmate" will remain in present tense in indirect speech because in "Robert will say to me" reporting verb is in future.
So when reporting verb in in future or present, we do not change the tense of the reported speech.