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." (a) The manager told his colleagues that they had received a serious threat to our business then and they needed to act to face it (b) The manager told his colleagues that they received a serious threat to their business then and they needed to act to face it (c) The manager said his colleagues that they had received a serious threat to our business then and they needed to act to face it (d) 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

Options

A. The manager told his colleagues that they had received a serious threat to our business then and they needed to act to face it
B. The manager told his colleagues that they received a serious threat to their business then and they needed to act to face it
C. The manager said his colleagues that they had received a serious threat to our business then and they needed to act to face it
D. 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