Choose the indirect speech of this sentence.
She said, "I have been waiting here for an hour."

She said that she has been waiting there for an hour.Correct answerYour answerShe said that she had been waiting there for an hour.Correct answerYour answerShe said that she had been waiting here for an hour.Correct answerYour answerShe said that she was waiting there since an hour.Correct answerYour answer

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CorrectNot quiteAnswer B

Correct answer: B

"Have been waiting" moves back to "had been waiting", and "here" becomes "there".

Worth noting

"Waiting here" changes the tense but keeps "here", which pointed to where she stood, not where the reporter stands.

Concept: The present perfect continuous and "here" in reported speech
Typical timeTypical: 45 s
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Choose the indirect speech of this sentence.She said, "I have been waiting here for an hour."

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Choose the indirect speech of this sentence.
She said, "I have been waiting here for an hour."