My father said to me, "You must work hard".
Answer: D
Correct answer: My father said to me that I had to work hard
You in the direct speech refers to the speaker of the report, so it becomes I. Must has no past form of its own, so after a past reporting verb it is replaced by had to. The options keeping you leave the sentence addressed to the wrong person.
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Ali asked them, "Are you playing with me"?
Answer: C
Correct answer: Ali asked them if they were playing with him
A yes-or-no question needs if or whether; without it the reported clause has no link. You becomes they, me becomes him, and are playing becomes were playing.
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"Did you come from France"?, said Sara to the boy.
Answer: A
Correct answer: Sara asked the boy if he had come from France
A yes-or-no question is reported with asked… if (or whether), and the past simple did you come moves back to the past perfect had come. Came would leave the tense unshifted, and come is not a finite form.
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She said to him, "Where are you living"?
Answer: B
Correct answer: She asked him where he was living
Said to becomes asked, the inverted question order is straightened out, and are living moves back to was living. Was lived is a passive and has no place here.
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My uncle said to me, "How is your studies going on now?".
Answer: C
Correct answer: My uncle asked me how my studies were going on then
Four changes: said to becomes asked; the question order is dropped, so the subject comes before the verb; your becomes my; and now becomes then while is becomes the past. Studies is plural, so the verb is were.
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She said, "My parents are going to Karachi".
Answer: C
Correct answer: She said that her parents were going to Karachi
My belongs to the original speaker, so from the reporter's side it becomes her. The present continuous are going then moves back to were going. Keeping my would make them the reporter's parents.
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