The manager said to his colleagues ldquo We have received a serious threat to our business now and w...........

English Language (Defence) Direct/Indirect speech

Directions :
Each item in this section has a direct statement followed by its reported form in indirect speech. Select the correct statement in indirect speech and mark it in the Answer Sheet accordingly.

The manager said to his colleagues, “We have received a serious threat to our business now and we need to act to face it.”

The manager told his colleagues that they had received a serious threat to our business then and they needed to act to face it

The manager told his colleagues that they received a serious threat to their business then and they needed to act to face it

The manager said his colleagues that they had received a serious threat to our business then and they needed to act to face it

The manager told his colleagues that they had received a serious threat to their business at that time and they needed to act to face it

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Explanation:

Option 1 is incorrect because of the use of ‘our business’ phrase. Option 2 is incorrect on multiple counts like missing helping verb and inappropriate conversion of time. Option 3 uses the verb ‘said’, which is inappropriate in the context of this conversion. Option 4 is the correct conversion of the given sentence into indirect speech.