Narration Part-III

(b) Esha said that Avika is not going to school today as she has fever. (Change of reported speech to present, continous is (incorrect)

(c) Esha said that Avika had not gone to school that day as she was having fever. (Change of reported speech to past perfect is incorrect)

(d) Esha said that Avika was not going to school today as she has fever. ("today" is incorrect in reported speech)

(a) She said, "How beautiful look in this dress!" (Incorrect pronoun)

(c) She said, "How beautiful she looks in this dress!" (Incorrect pronoun)

(d) She said, "How beautiful looked in that dress!" (Incorrect pronoun)

(b) The instructor requested the trainees press button A to start the machine. (Incorrect reported verb)

(c) The instructor told the trainees that pressing button A would start the machine. ("pressing" is incorrect)

(d) The instructor said to the trainees that you should press button A to start the machine. (Incorrect pronoun)

(a) Our Principal told that rules are to be followed at any cost. (Change of reported verb to simple past is incorrect)

(b) Our Principal said that rules had to be followed at any cost. (Change of reported verb to simple past is incorrect)

(c) Our Principal advised that rules need to be followed at any cost. (Change of reported verb to simple past is incorrect)

(a) She told there is someone in the house. (Change of reported speech to simple present & reported verb is also incorrect)

(c) She asked there is anyone in the house. (Change of reported speech to simple present is incorrect)

(d) She enquired if someone is there in the house. (Change of reported speech to simple present is incorrect)

(a) The professor ordered Piyush that he should clean the data and get back to him the next day. (It is not interrogative and the tone is like a suggestion. Usage of ordered and that is (incorrect)

(b) The professor told Piyush clean the data and get back to him the next day. (It is not interrogative)

(d) The professor asked Piyush will you clean the data and get back to me tomorrow. (Change of reported speech to simple future is incorrect)

(a) I told you that I should be trusted.("I" in the reported speech is incorrect pronoun)

(b) I told you that you should be trusted. (Incorrect pronoun "you"

(d) I asked you if he should be trusted.(Incorrect reported verb)

(b) Garima said to her friends, "I can't go with them to the movie that night as I was very busy." (Them and was both are incorrect)

(c) Garima said to her friends, "She couldn't go with them to the movie that night as she was very busy." (Change of reported speech to simple past)

(d) Garima said to her friends, "I couldn't go with you to the movie tonight as I was very busy." (Change of reported speech to simple past)

(a) My brother said to me, "You could see any film you wanted on TV." (Incorrect verb)

(c) My brother said to me, "I could see any film I wanted on TV." (Could and wanted are incorrect)

(d) My brother said to me, "can see any film Lwant on TV." (Incorrect pronoun)

(a) The Prime Minister said that the government would extend help to the unorganized sector(Change of tense in the Reported speech to simple past is incorrect)

(b) The Prime Minister has said that the government extend help to the unorganized sector(Change of tense in the reported speech to simple present is incorrect)

(c) The Prime Minister said that the government has extended help to the unorganized sector(Change of tense in the Reported speech to present perfect is incorrect)

Note- When the reporting speech is in present tense, Tense of reporting verb does not change. Going through the options, only option d satisfies the condition.