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Correct Answer: A. She wished that I might succeed.
Explanation:
A wish or prayer is reported with 'wished' or 'prayed.'
'May' commonly changes to 'might' in indirect speech.
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Correct Answer: D. He exclaimed with sorrow that he had lost his wallet.
Explanation:
'Alas' expresses sorrow and is replaced by an appropriate reporting phrase.
The present perfect backshifts to the past perfect.
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Correct Answer: C. She exclaimed that it was a very beautiful painting.
Explanation:
An exclamation is reported with 'exclaimed' and a statement clause.
The emotional intensifier is expressed through 'very.'
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Correct Answer: B. He warned me not to touch the wire.
Explanation:
A negative command is reported with 'not to' plus the base verb.
'Warned' accurately conveys the cautionary force.
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Correct Answer: A. Mother requested me to close the window.
Explanation:
A polite imperative is commonly reported with 'requested' or 'asked' plus a to-infinitive.
The word 'please' is absorbed into the reporting verb.
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Correct Answer: D. The officer ordered me to show him my identity card.
Explanation:
An imperative command is reported with a suitable reporting verb plus object and to-infinitive.
Pronouns change according to speaker and listener.
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Correct Answer: C. She asked where I lived.
Explanation:
A wh-question keeps the question word but uses statement word order.
The present tense normally backshifts to the past.
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Correct Answer: B. He asked me if I understood.
Explanation:
A yes-no question is reported with 'asked' plus 'if' or 'whether.'
The word order becomes that of a statement.
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Correct Answer: A. The teacher said that the earth revolves around the sun.
Explanation:
A universal scientific truth normally remains in the simple present.
Backshift is unnecessary because the statement is still true.
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Correct Answer: D. Ayesha said that she had seen him the previous day.
Explanation:
The simple past may backshift to the past perfect in reported speech.
'Yesterday' changes to 'the previous day.'
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Correct Answer: C. He said that he would call me the next day.
Explanation:
'Will' backshifts to 'would,' and 'tomorrow' becomes 'the next day.'
The object pronoun changes according to the reporting context.
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Correct Answer: B. Sara said that she had finished her work.
Explanation:
The present perfect normally backshifts to the past perfect after 'said.'
Pronouns also change to match Sara.
