WBCS.LIVE practice 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.

Solve this multiple-choice question and check the correct answer with its explanation below.

Answer options

  1. They told me on the telephone that they would wait for me if I am late.
  2. They told me on the telephone that they would wait for me if I was late.
  3. They said to me on the telephone that we will wait for you if you are late.
  4. They said to me on the telephone that they will wait for me if you were late.

Correct answer and explanation

Correct answer: They told me on the telephone that they would wait for me if I was late.