Choose the option that is the most appropriate conversion of the following sentence into Direct Speech.
He said that he had been waiting for that opportunity for years.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
Correct Answer: He said, "I have been waiting for this opportunity for years."
Explanation
• Tense change: The Past Perfect Continuous tense (had been waiting) in indirect speech converts back to the Present Perfect Continuous tense (have been waiting) in direct speech.
• Pronoun change: The third-person pronoun he changes to the first-person pronoun I to reflect the speaker's own words.
• Demonstrative adjective: The word that changes back to the proximal form this.