Question : Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence. “We will wait for you if you are late,” they said to me on the telephone.
Option 1: They told me on the telephone that they would wait for me if I am late.
Option 2: They told me on the telephone that they would wait for me if I was late.
Option 3: They said to me on the telephone that we will wait for you if you are late.
Option 4: They said to me on the telephone that they will wait for me if you were late.
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Correct Answer: They told me on the telephone that they would wait for me if I was late.
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
The indirect form of a sentence involves reporting or conveying what someone else said without directly quoting their exact words.
The steps of conversion are as follows:
Therefore, the indirect form would be: "They told me on the telephone that they would wait for me if I was late."
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Option 2: Aryan said to me, “You knowing where to find me.”
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Option 2: The professor said to me, “You have not rescued yourself from this bait.”
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Option 1: I told to you, “I have bought a new book for you yesterday.”
Option 2: I said to you, “I have bought a new book for you the day before.”
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