Choose the right alternative to express the same idea in indirect statement.

41. He said: “We are not going to give you a discount”.

a) He said they are not going to give us a discount.

b) He said they were not going to give you a discount.

c) He said they were not going to give us a discount.

42. He said: “You should try to get in touch with them”.

a) He said that you should try to get in touch with them.

b) He said that I should try to get in touch with them.

c) He said that I should tried to get in touch with them.

43. The secretary said: “I posted the cheque yesterday”.

a) The secretary said she posted the cheque yesterday.

b) The secretary said she posted the cheque the previous day.

c) The secretary said she had posted the cheque the previous day.

44. The Chief Executive Officer said: “Last year total sales amounted to $121 million”.

a) The Chief Executive Officer said that last year total sales amounted to $121 million.

b) The Chief Executive Officer said that the previous year total sales amounted to $121 million.

c) The Chief Executive Officer said that the previous year total sales had amounted to $121 million.

45. The CEO announced at the meeting: “Next year we will be investing more in R& D”.

a) The CEO announced at the meeting that next year they will be investing more in R& D.

b) The CEO announced at the meeting that next year we will be investing more in R& D.

c) The CEO announced that the following year they would be investing more in R& D.

46. Boss said to them: “I’m happy to admit that our market share has grown by 12%”.

a) Boss informed them that their market share had increased by 12%.

b) Boss told that their market share had increased by 12%.

c) Boss said that their market share has increased by 12%.

48. She said at the board meeting: “I don’t intend to diversify in the near future”.

a) She said at the board meeting that I didn’t intend to diversify in the near future.

b) She said at the board meeting that she didn’t intend to diversify in the near future.

c) She said at the meeting that she hadn’t intended to diversify in the near future.

49. In the end she said: “I am not planning to increase our debt-equity ratio”.

a) In the end she said that I was not planning to increase their debt-equity ratio.

b) In the end she said that she was not planning to increase their debt-equity ratio.

c) In the end she said that she has not been planning to increase their debt-equity ratio.

50. He said: “How much did it cost? ” a) He asked me how much it had cost.

b) He said to me how much did it cost. c) He asked me how much had it cost.

51. He said: “What time will the shuttle leave? ”

a) He asked what time would the shuttle leave.

b) He wanted to know what time the shuttle would leave.

c) He wanted to know what time would the shuttle leave.