Question

Change from indirect speech to direct speech:
Divya said she had been playing badminton with Rhea.

• A. Divya said, "I was playing badminton with Rhea."
• B. Divya said, "I had been playing badminton with Rhea."
• C. Divya said, "I played badminton with Rhea."
• D. None of the above

Answer 1

The correct option is A Divya said, "I was playing badminton with Rhea."

Direct speech is used to report what somebody has said in inverted commas.

Past perfect continuous sentence changes to past continuous tense. The structure is: Subject + was/were + verb + ing + object.

Thus, the sentence would become: Divya said, " I was playing badminton with Rhea".

Hence, option A is the correct answer.