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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.

1. You said to her, "She has to cook food for you".

You told her that she has to cook food for you.
You told her that she had to cook food for you.
You told her that she needs to cook food for you.
You told her that she would have to cook food for you.

Answer: Option B

2. Ram said to Rahul, "You are a good player of cricket".

Ram told Rahul that he was a good player of cricket.
Ram told Rahul that he were a good player of cricket.
Ram told Rahul that he would a good player of cricket.
Ram told Rahul that he could be a good player of cricket.

Answer: Option A

3. Sweety said to me, "I had been writing an essay for 3 hours."

Sweety told me that she has been writing an essay for 3 hours.
Sweety told me that she had been writing an essay for 3 hours.
Sweety told me that she was writing an essay for 3 hours.
Sweety told me that she had written an essay for 3 hours.

Answer: Option B

4. He said to me, "Do read the holy Gita daily."

He asked to me to read the holy Gita daily.
He asked me to do read the holy Gita daily.
He asked me to read the holy Gita daily.
He requested me to read the holy Gita daily.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Note: We remove "do" in the imperative sentences starting with "do".
But if "do" is acting like a verb then we do not remove "do"
Example : He said to me, "Do this work on priority."
Answer: He asked me to do that work on priority.

In above example "do" is acting as a verb so we did not remove it.