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She said, "He was trying to help me".

She said that he tried to help her.
She said that he had been trying to help her.
She said that he has been trying to help her.
She said that he was trying to help her.

Answer: Option B

1. Shakshi said, "How clever I am!"

Shakshi exclaimed that she was very clever.
Shakshi exclaimed with joy that she was very clever.
Shakshi exclaimed that she is very clever.
Shakshi said that she was very clever.

Answer: Option A

2. Reeta said Shivani, "You have to go to school".

Reeta told Shivani that she would have to go to school.
Reeta told Shivani that she has to go to school.
Reeta told Shivani that she have to go to school.
Reeta told Shivani that she had to go to school.

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

When Reporting verb in past Tense and reported speech is having "has to" or "have to" after subject + First Verb.
Then we change "has to" or "have to" to "had to" + First verb.

3. She said to me, "I could reach there easily".

She told me that she could reach there easily.
She told me that she could have reach there easily.
She told me that she had reach there easily.
She told me that she had been reach there easily.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

When Reporting verb in past Tense and reported speech is having "could", "would", "should", "might".

Then in indirect speech these are written as it is.