Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Direct/indirect

Question:

Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

Radha said to us, “You will get your salary from your office tomorrow.”

Options:

Radha told us that we would got our salary from our office tommorow.

Radha told us that we would got our salary from our office the other day.

Radha told us that we would got our salary from our office tommorow.

Radha told us that we would get our salary from our office the next day.

Correct Answer:

Radha told us that we would get our salary from our office the next day.

Explanation:

The correct indirect form of the given sentence is:

Radha told us that we would get our salary from our office the next day.

The other options are incorrect for the following reasons:

  • Radha told us that we would got our salary from our office tommorow. - The past tense verb "got" is not appropriate in indirect speech, as the speaker is reporting what was said in the future.
  • Radha told us that we would got our salary from our office the other day. - The phrase "the other day" is not appropriate in indirect speech, as it is too vague.
  • Radha told us that we would got our salary from our office tommorow. - The past tense verb "got" is not appropriate in indirect speech, as the speaker is reporting what was said in the future.