Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
Renu said to her brother, "You were watching the show without me."
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct indirect form of the given sentence is:
Renu told her brother that he had been watching the show without her.
The other options are incorrect because they do not follow these rules:
- Renu told her brother that he has been watching the show without her. - This sentence does not change the present tense to the past tense for the auxiliary verb "was."
- Renu told her brother that he had watched the show without her. - This sentence changes the verb tense from the past continuous tense to the past perfect tense, which is unnecessary in indirect speech.
- Renu told her brother that he were watching the show without her. - This sentence uses the subjunctive mood for "were," which is not necessary in indirect speech.