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Q21Moderate

"He said to me, 'I am busy.'" కు సరైన Indirect రూపం ఏది?

  1. A. He said me that he was busy.
  2. B. He told me that he was busy.
  3. C. He told me that I was busy.
  4. D. He told me that he is busy.
Answer & explanation

Correct: B — He told me that he was busy.

Said to → told. I (1st person) Reporting Subject "He" ప్రకారం he గా మారుతుంది, am → was (backshift). "said me" రూపం తప్పు; "I was busy" లో Pronoun తప్పు; "he is busy" లో కాలం మారలేదు.

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Q22Moderate

"I eat rice." – "He said that he ___ rice."

  1. A. eats
  2. B. had eaten
  3. C. ate
  4. D. was eating
Answer & explanation

Correct: C — ate

Reporting Verb (said) భూతకాలం కాబట్టి Simple Present → Simple Past (ate). eats కాలం మారకపోవడం; had eaten Simple Past కు వచ్చే రూపం; was eating Present Continuous కు సంబంధించింది.

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Q23Moderate

"I am reading." – "He said that he ___."

  1. A. is reading
  2. B. had read
  3. C. read
  4. D. was reading
Answer & explanation

Correct: D — was reading

Present Continuous → Past Continuous: am reading → was reading. is reading కాలం మారకపోవడం; had read Present Perfect కు; read Simple Present/Past కు సరిపోతుంది, Continuous అర్థం ఇవ్వదు.

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Q24Moderate

"I went there." – "He said that he ___ there."

  1. A. had gone
  2. B. went
  3. C. has gone
  4. D. was going
Answer & explanation

Correct: A — had gone

Simple Past → Past Perfect: went → had gone. "went" (కాలం మారకపోవడం) కొన్నిసార్లు వాడుకలో ఉన్నా నియమం ప్రకారం had gone. has gone Present Perfect, was going Past Continuous.

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Q25Moderate

"I was sleeping." – "He said that he ___."

  1. A. was sleeping
  2. B. had been sleeping
  3. C. had slept
  4. D. has been sleeping
Answer & explanation

Correct: B — had been sleeping

Past Continuous → Past Perfect Continuous: was sleeping → had been sleeping. was sleeping మారని రూపం; had slept Past Perfect Simple; has been sleeping Present Perfect Continuous.

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Q26Moderate

"The earth moves round the sun." – The teacher said that the earth ___ round the sun. సరైన రూపం ఏది?

  1. A. moved
  2. B. had moved
  3. C. moves
  4. D. was moving
Answer & explanation

Correct: C — moves

శాశ్వత సత్యం (Universal Truth) అయినప్పుడు Reporting Verb భూతకాలమైనా కాలం మారదు. కాబట్టి moves. moved, had moved, was moving వాడితే శాశ్వత సత్యం అనే భావం పోతుంది.

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Q27Moderate

"He said, 'I like your book.'" కు సరైన Indirect రూపం ఏది?

  1. A. He said that I liked your book.
  2. B. He said that he likes my book.
  3. C. He said that he liked your book.
  4. D. He said that he liked my book.
Answer & explanation

Correct: D — He said that he liked my book.

1st person (I) Reporting Subject ప్రకారం he గా, 2nd person (your) Reporting Object ప్రకారం (ఇక్కడ me) my గా మారతాయి. like → liked (backshift). మిగతా రూపాల్లో Pronoun లేదా కాలం తప్పు.

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Q28Moderate

She said, "I will come here tomorrow." – సరైన Indirect రూపం ఏది?

  1. A. She said that she would go there the next day.
  2. B. She said that she will come here tomorrow.
  3. C. She said that she would come here tomorrow.
  4. D. She said that I would go there the next day.
Answer & explanation

Correct: A — She said that she would go there the next day.

will → would, I → she, here → there, tomorrow → the next day, come → go (తరచుగా). ఇలా ఒకే వాక్యంలో నాలుగైదు మార్పులు ఒకేసారి వస్తాయి. మిగతా రూపాల్లో ఈ మార్పులు పూర్తిగా చేయలేదు, లేదా Pronoun తప్పు.

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Q29Moderate

Pronoun మార్పు "1-2-3 సూత్రం" ప్రకారం మొదటి వ్యక్తి (I, we) ఏ ప్రకారం మారతాయి?

  1. A. Reporting Object ప్రకారం
  2. B. Reporting Subject ప్రకారం
  3. C. మారవు
  4. D. Reported Speech లోని Object ప్రకారం
Answer & explanation

Correct: B — Reporting Subject ప్రకారం

మొదటి వ్యక్తి → Reporting Subject; రెండవ వ్యక్తి → Reporting Object; మూడవ వ్యక్తి → మారదు. ఉదా: He said, "I like your book." → he, my. ఈ సూత్రం పరీక్షల్లో నేరుగా అడుగుతారు.

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Q30Moderate

Indirect Speech లో "ago" ఏ పదంగా మారుతుంది?

  1. A. then
  2. B. that
  3. C. before
  4. D. earlier now
Answer & explanation

Correct: C — before

నోట్స్ ప్రకారం ago → before: "He left two days ago" వంటి వాక్యం Reported లో "two days before" అవుతుంది. then అనేది now కు, that this కు మార్పు. ఇవి ఒక్కొక్కటి వేర్వేరు జతలు.

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Q21Moderate

"He said to me, 'I am busy.'" కు సరైన Indirect రూపం ఏది?