251. “Give yourself fifteen minutes and walk gently,” Uncle Podger always said.

A. Uncle Podger always advised me to give myself fifteen minutes and walk gently.
B. Uncle Podger always ordered me to take fifteen minutes and walk gently.
C. Uncle Podger always requested me to take fifteen minutes and walk gently.
D. Uncle Podger always asked me to take fifteen minutes and walk gently.
✅ The correct answer is option A.

252. Sachin said, “My grandfather recites the Geeta every morning.”

A. Sachin told that his grandfather has cited the Geeta every morning.
B. Sachin told that his grandfather recited the Geeta every morning.
C. Sachin said that his grandfather recites the Geeta every morning.
D. Sachin said that his grandfather recited the Geeta every morning.
✅ The correct answer is option D.

254. “You can’t bathe in this sea,” he said to me, “it’s very rough.”

A. He said that I can’t bathe in this sea because it’s very rough.
B. He said that you couldn’t bathe in that sea if it was very rough.
C. He said that I couldn’t bathe in that sea as it was very rough.
D. He said that you can’t bathe in this sea since it was very rough.
✅ The correct answer is option C.

255. The man said to the boy, “It only seems complicated because you’re not used to it.”

A. The man told the boy that it only seems complicated because he was not used to it.
B. The man told the boy that it only seemed complicated because he is not used to it.
C. The man told the boy that it only seemed complicated because he was not used to it.
D. The man told the boy it only seems complicated, it is really not so.
✅ The correct answer is option C.

257. The Technician told us how to maintain the machines in good working order.

A. The technician said to us, “There is how you maintained the machine in good working order.”
B. The technician said “This is how you maintain the machine in good working order.”
C. The technician said to us, “That is how you maintained the machine in good working order.”
D. The technician said to us, “This is how you maintained the machine in good working order.”
✅ The correct answer is option B.