The Chief Guest said, “It gives me great pleasure to be here this morning.”
A. The Chief Guest said that that gave me great pleasure to be there that morning.
B. The Chief Guest said that it gives him great pleasure to be here that morning.
C. The Chief Guest said that it gives him great pleasure to be here that morning.
D. The Chief Guest said that it gave him great pleasure to be there that morning.
The mother advised her son to be careful and not to enter into a quarrel with the goons.
A. The mother advised her son, “Be careful and not enter into a quarrel with the goons.”
B. The mother said to her son, “Do not enter into a quarrel with the goons.”
C. The mother said to her son, “Be careful. Do not enter into a quarrel with the goons.”
D. The mother said to her son to “be careful.”
My father said, “Honesty is the best policy.”
A. My father stated that honesty was the best policy.
B. My father said that honesty is the best policy.
C. My father said that honesty was the best policy.
D. My father said that honesty has been the best policy.
“It’s not my business,” said the postman. “Let the government do whatever it has to.”
A. The postman said that it was the government’s and not his business to do that.
B. The postman said that the government did not do what it was expected to do.
C. The postman said that it was not his business and that the government should do whatever it had to.
D. The postman said that it was the business of the government to do whatever it had to.
The client told his lawyer, “I’m going away for a few days. I’ll call you when I get back.”
A. The client told his lawyer that he was going away for a few days and would call him when he got back.
B. The client promised his lawyer that he was going away for a few days and would call him when he got back.
C. The client told his lawyer that he is going away for a few days and will call him when he gets back.
D. The client assured his lawyer that he was going away for a few days and would definitely call him when he got back.
He said, “Let me have some tea.”
A. He said to let him have some tea.
B. He asked us to let him have some tea.
C. He wished that he might have some tea.
D. He wished that he will have some tea.
He said, “Babies, drink milk.”
A. He said that babies drink milk.
B. He told that babies should drink milk.
C. He advised the babies to drink milk.
D. He said that babies drank milk.
“Can you see a woman seated on the bench in a park?” – Alice asked her.
A. Alice asked her if she can see a woman seated on the bench in a park.
B. Alice told her if she could see a woman seated on the bench in a park.
C. Alice asked her if she could see a woman seated on the bench in a park.
D. Alice asked her if she could have seen a woman seated on the bench in a park.
“Don’t pull the dog’s tail,” his father said.
A. His father said that he did not pull the dog’s tail.
B. His father forbade him not to pull the dog’s tail.
C. His father told him to pull the dog’s tail.
D. His father told him not to pull the dog’s tail.
He told me that I was very happy.
A. He said to me, “How happy you are !”
B. He said to me, “How you are happy !”
C. He said to me, “I am very happy!”
D. He said to me, “How I am happy!”
