Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.
She asked me how long I had been waiting for her.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. She said to me, "How long have you been waiting for me?"
Changes required:
Conjunction: "how" remains the same in reported speech.
Verb: Present perfect continuous tense "have been waiting" used in direct speech.
Tense: Present perfect continuous in direct speech changes to past perfect continuous in reported speech.
Pronoun: "you" in direct speech changes to "I" in reported speech, but here we convert reported speech back to direct speech, so "I" changes to "you."
Others: Question format with proper punctuation.
Converted sentence:She said to me, "How long have you been waiting for me?"
Hence, the chosen option will be correct.