Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

“I have heard the podcast before,” Nita says.

Nita says that she has heard the podcast before.

The correct indirect form of the given sentence is: Nita says that she has heard the podcast before.

The other options are incorrect:

• "Nita says that she is hearing the podcast before." is incorrect because the verb tense is incorrect. The indirect speech sentence should be in the present perfect tense, not the present continuous tense.
• "Nita says that she had heard the podcast before." is also correct, but it is a more specific way of saying the same thing. It implies that Nita is no longer listening to the podcast.
• "Nita says that she had heard the podcast ago." is incorrect because the adverb "ago" is not necessary.