Choose the option that best converts the given direct speech into indirect speech: She said, "Where have you been living for the past few months?"

She asked where had I been living for the past few months.
She asked where I had been living for the past few months.
She asked where I have been living for the past few months.
She said where I had been living for the past few months.

Correct answer: She asked where I had been living for the past few months.

Solution

In indirect speech, the reporting verb becomes 'asked' for a question, and the present perfect continuous changes to past perfect continuous. The question word 'where' remains, and the word order becomes statement form.

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