She said, 'I will take a cab if it rains.' MCQ with Answer and Explanation

She said, 'I will take a cab if it rains.'

A. She said that she would take a cab if it rained.

B. She said that she would take a cab if it rains.

C. She said that she would take a cab if it would rain.

D. She said that she will take a cab if it rains.

Answer: Option A

First conditional backshift.

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Question #1 Report Error

The mother said, 'God bless you, my child.'

A. The mother said that God bless you my child.

B. The mother said God bless her child.

C. The mother prayed that God might bless her child.

D. The mother prayed that God blesses her child.

Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Optative sentence (blessing) reported using 'prayed'. The structure: prayed + that + God might bless + object.

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Question #2 Report Error

She said, 'This is the house that I bought.'

A. She said that this was the house that she bought.

B. She said that that is the house that she had bought.

C. She said that that was the house that she had bought.

D. She said that this is the house that I bought.

Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Tense changes: 'is' to 'was', 'bought' to 'had bought'. Pronoun 'I' to 'she'. 'This' to 'that'.

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Question #3 Report Error

He said, 'The Sun rises in the east.'

A. He said that the Sun has risen in the east.

B. He said that the Sun is rising in the east.

C. He said that the Sun rises in the east.

D. He said that the Sun rose in the east.

Correct Answer: Option C

Explanation:
Universal truth remains unchanged.

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