36. The Chief Guest said, “It gives me great pleasure to be here this morning.”

A. The Chief Guest said that that gave me great pleasure to be there that morning.
B. The Chief Guest said that it gives him great pleasure to be here that morning.
C. The Chief Guest said that it gives him great pleasure to be here that morning.
D. The Chief Guest said that it gave him great pleasure to be there that morning.
✅ The correct answer is option D.

39. My father said to us, “We should study and get a good division in the examination.”

A. My father said us that we should study and got a good division in the examination.
B. My father told us that we should studied and got a good division in the examination.
C. My father told us that we should study and get a good division in the examination.
D. My father told to us that we should study and get a good division in the examination.
✅ The correct answer is option C.

40. “It’s not my business,” said the postman. “Let the government do whatever it has to.”

A. The postman said that it was the government’s and not his business to do that.
B. The postman said that the government did not do what it was expected to do.
C. The postman said that it was not his business and that the government should do whatever it had to.
D. The postman said that it was the business of the government to do whatever it had to.
✅ The correct answer is option C.