Salma said to me, “Can you give me your pen ?”
- Salma asked me if I could give her my pen.
- Salma asked me if I can give me your pen.
- Salma asked me can I give her my pen.
- None of these
Explanation
If the reporting verb is in the past tense, then the modals like can changes to could, will/shall change to would, have to changes to had to etc.
And if the sentence is interrogative, we use the reporting verbs – asked, enquired, etc.
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- Ali said that he was preparing for the examination for two months.
- Ali said that he had been preparing for the examination for two months.
- Ali said that he has been preparing for the examination for two months.
- None of these
اس سوال کو وضاحت کے ساتھ پڑھیں
- She said that she had finished her work.
- She said the she has finished her work.
- She said the I had finished her work.
- None of these
اس سوال کو وضاحت کے ساتھ پڑھیں
- He said, “I went for a walk every morning.”
- He said, “I will go for a walk every morning.”
- He said, “I go for a walk every morning.”
- None of these
اس سوال کو وضاحت کے ساتھ پڑھیں
- She said that she is going to the market.
- She said that I was going to the market.
- She said that she was going to the market.
- She said that she had gone to the market.
اس سوال کو وضاحت کے ساتھ پڑھیں
- Ahsan said that he had been digging the garden when the doctor arrived
- Ahsan said that he was digging the garden when the doctor arrived
- Ahsan says that he was digging the garden when the doctor arrive
- None of these
اس سوال کو وضاحت کے ساتھ پڑھیں
