Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
Radha said to us, “You will get your salary from your office tomorrow.”
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Radha told us that we would get our salary from our office the next day.
Statement with a time word in indirect speech:
| Change | Direct | Indirect | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reporting verb | said to us | told us | "Said to" with a listener becomes "told". "Told" takes the listener straight after it. |
| Joining word | " " (quotation marks) | that | A statement is joined with "that". |
| Pronoun change | You, your, your | we, our, our | Radha spoke to "us". So "you" becomes "we", and both "your" become "our". |
| Tense change | will get | would get | "Said" is past, so "will" becomes "would" (would + base form (V1)). |
| Time and place words | tomorrow | the next day | The report is made later, so "tomorrow" becomes "the next day". |
| Full sentence | Radha said to us, "You will get your salary from your office tomorrow." | Radha told us that we would get our salary from our office the next day. |
Other time words change the same way. Today → that day, yesterday → the day before, now → then. Example: Kabir said, "I am free today." → Kabir said that he was free that day.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: Radha told us that we would got our salary from our office the next day. — Incorrect. "Would" is always followed by the base verb. "Would got" should be "would get".
Option 2: Radha told us that we will get our salary from our office the next day. — Incorrect. "Will" is not changed. After a past reporting verb it becomes "would".
Option 3: Radha told us that we would get our salary from her office the next day. — Incorrect. "Your office" meant the listeners' office. So it becomes "our office", not Radha's "her office".