I said to her, “Do you know how to dance?”
A. I asked her if she does know dancing.
B. I asked her if she had known how to dance.
C. I asked her if she was known how to dance.
D. I asked her if she knew how to dance.
The teacher said to me, “What is your name?”
A. The teacher told me what my name was.
B. The teacher asked me what my name was.
C. The teacher asked me what my name is.
D. The teacher asked me what was my name.
Mary said, “I am sorry.”
A. Mary said that she was sorry.
B. Mary said that she will be sorry.
C. Mary says that she is sorry.
D. Mary said that she is sorry.
She said, “I am sorry, I am not able to submit those papers”.
A. She said she was sorry, she is not able to submit those papers.
B. She said that she was sorry and she will not be able to submit those papers.
C. She apologized for not being able to submit those papers.
D. She exclaimed with sorrow that she was sorry and she will not be able to submit those papers.
Sanda said that she used to know a lot of people in Delhi but I had few friends in Kolkata.
A. Sanda said, “I had known a lot of people in Delhi but I had few friends in Kolkata.”
B. Sanda said, “I have known a lot of people in Delhi but I had few friends in Kolkata.”
C. Sanda said, “I used to know a lot of people in Delhi but I have fewer friends in Kolkata.”
D. Sanda said, “I had got to know a lot of people in Delhi but I had few friends in Kolkata.”
The ox asked the dog not to sit there.
A. The ox said to the dog, “Not to sit here.”
B. The ox said to the dog,”Do not sit here.”
C. The ox said to the dog, “Does not sit here.”
D. The ox said to the dog,”Did not sit here.”
She said to me, “It has been raining heavily and you cannot go”.
A. She told me that it had been raining heavily and I could not go.
B. She told me that it was raining heavily and I could not go.
C. She told me that it has been raining heavily and I could not go.
D. She told me that it is raining heavily and I could not go.
Nisha told Monica, “What a beautiful dress you are wearing!”
A. Nisha exclaimed that Monica was wearing a very beautiful dress.
B. Nisha exclaimed that it is a very beautiful dress.
C. Nisha exclaimed that Monica is wearing a very beautiful dress.
D. Nisha told Monica that was a beautiful dress.
The beggar said, “Poverty is a great curse.”
A. The beggar said poverty has a great curse.
B. The beggar said that poverty is a great curse.
C. The beggar said that poverty was a great curse.
D. The beggar said that poverty had been a great curse.
“I’m tired,” he says every evening.
A. Every day in the evening he is getting tired.
B. Every evening he says (that) he is tired.
C. He is getting tired every evening.
D. Every evening he says that he was getting tired.
