Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech.
"I live in Mumbai," she said.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct option is: She said that she lived in Mumbai.
The other options are incorrect:
- "She said that she has been living in Mumbai." is incorrect because the verb tense is incorrect. The reported speech sentence should be in the past tense, not the present perfect tense.
- "She said that she had been living in Mumbai." is incorrect because the verb tense is incorrect. The reported speech sentence should be in the past tense, not the past perfect tense.
- "She says that she was living in Mumbai." is incorrect because the reporting verb is in the past tense. Therefore, the reported speech sentence must also be in the past tense.