Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence. Jaya told me "I've been waiting for you since 4 pm." (a) Jaya told me that she had been waiting for me since 4 pm. (b) Jaya told me that she will be waiting for me since 4 pm. (c) Jaya told me she was waiting for you since 4 pm. (d) Jaya said me that she has been waiting for me since 4 pm.

Options

A. Jaya told me that she had been waiting for me since 4 pm.
B. Jaya told me that she will be waiting for me since 4 pm.
C. Jaya told me she was waiting for you since 4 pm.
D. Jaya said me that she has been waiting for me since 4 pm.

Answer

A

Explanation

Jaya told me that she had been waiting for me since 4 pm.(Correct)
(b) Jaya told me that she `ul("will be waiting")` for me since 4 pm. (Change of reported speech to future continuous is incorrect.)
(c ) Jaya told me she `ul("was waiting")` for you since 4 pm. (Change of reported speech to past continuous is incorrect)
(d) Jaya said me that she `ul("has been waiting")` for me since 4 pm. (Change of reported speech to present perfect continuous is incorrect and reported verb is incorrect )