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Rakhi says to him, "You must come back home in time."

Rakhi tells him that he has to come come back home in time.
Rakhi tells him that he had to come come back home in time.
Rakhi tells him that he will have to come come back home in time.
Rakhi tells him that he must come come back home in time.

Answer: Option A

1. Raju said to me, "He worked hard".

Raju told me that he had worked hard.
Raju told me that he has worked hard.
Raju told me that he had been worked hard.
Raju told me that he has been worked hard.

Answer: Option A

2. Find Error :
I need not offer any explanation regarding this incident - my behaviour is speaking itself.

will speak to itself
speaks for itself
has been speaking
speaks about itself

Answer: Option B

3. 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.

4. Rahul said to me, "We are mortal".

Rahul said to me that we are mortal.
Rahul says to me that we are mortal.
Rahul said to me that we all are mortal.
Rahul said to me that he and I are mortal.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

No change, because we are using "we" with universal truth.

5. He said, "Honesty is the best policy."

He said that Honesty is the best policy.
He said that Honesty was the best policy.
He said that Honesty would be the best policy.
He said that Honesty will be the best policy.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

If Reporting verb is in Past Tense and Reported Speech is a universal truth, then we do not change it in indirect speech.

Question Detail

Rakhi says to him, "You must come back home in time."

1. Raju said to me, "He worked hard".

2. Find Error : I need not offer any explanation regarding this incident - my behaviour is speaking itself.

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

4. Rahul said to me, "We are mortal".

5. He said, "Honesty is the best policy."

2. Find Error :
I need not offer any explanation regarding this incident - my behaviour is speaking itself.