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General Description
Plato
- Biography: Ancient Greek philosopher (427–347 BCE), student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle, founder of the Academy in Athens.
- Important Ideas:
- Theory of Forms
- Philosopher-King
- Ideal State
79421
The teacher asked the students if they could prepare for the debate by the following week.
Answer:
… "Could you prepare for the debate by the following week?"
** Indirect "could… following" → direct "can… next." Options (b) & (d) distort tense/time. (c) changes form to present continuous. ---
79422
The young man exclaimed that it was a great feast.
Answer:
… "It has being a great feast!"
** Indirect "it was a great feast" comes from **"What a great feast it is!"** Exclamatory → exclaimed. (b) wrong grammar "has being." (c) changes structure. (d) converts into a question. ---
79423
The teacher said, "Too many cooks spoil the broth."
Answer:
… spoils the broth.
** This is a **proverb/universal truth.** No tense change in indirect speech. (a) has subject–verb error. (c) & (d) wrongly shift tense. ---
79424
She exclaimed that I had grown very tall.
Answer:
She said to me, "How tall I have grown!"
** Indirect "She exclaimed that I had grown very tall" comes from an **exclamatory form.** Direct exclamation = "How tall you have grown!" Options (a) & (c) shift subject wrongly. (b) changes into question form. ---
79425
The manager lauded the salesman and said that his performance had been exceptional.
Answer:
… "Oh! Your performance had been exceptional."
** Indirect "had been" comes from **present perfect "has been."** Reporting verb in past triggers backshift. (a) wrongly keeps past perfect. (c) has grammar error "has being." (d) alters structure. ---
79426
Mother ordered the children to stop playing then.
Answer:
Mother said to the children, "Please stop playing then."
** "Stop playing then" in reported speech comes from **"Stop playing now"** in direct. "Now→then." Options (a) and (c) change tone. (d) turns it into a question. ---
79427
He said to me, "What can I do for you?"
Answer:
He asked me what I could do for him.
** WH-question in reported speech. **Can → could.** Pronouns: **I→he, you→me.** Option (a) flips roles. (c) is ungrammatical. (d) wrongly keeps "can." ---
79428
He says, "Some goods are of poor quality."
Answer:
He says that some goods were of poor quality.
** Reporting verb is in **present tense ("says")**, so **no backshift.** "Are" remains "are." Options (a) and (d) wrongly backshift. (b) wrongly uses past reporting. ---
79429
The little girl said that those butterflies were very colourful.
Answer:
The little girl said, "Those butterflies were very colourful."
** Indirect → Direct. "Those…were" in reported form comes from **"These…are"** in direct. Deictic change: "these→those," tense backshift "are→were." Options (a) and (d) keep "those" but don't match tense/time. (c) changes to exclamatory. ---
79430
"Our teacher returned from Mumbai last month", she said.
Answer:
She said that her teacher had returned from Mumbai the earlier month.
** Past simple ("returned") shifts to **past perfect ("had returned").** "Last month" → "the previous month." Option (a) uses "earlier month," uncommon. (b) keeps direct order. (c) changes pronoun "her teacher" to "their teacher," altering meaning.