Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

Renu said to her brother, “You were watching the show without me.”

The correct answer is option 1) i.e. 'Renu told her brother that he had been watching the show without her.'

Key Points

• The given sentence is in Direct Speech. As per the given directions, we have to change it into Indirect Speech.
• The given sentence is an assertive sentence.
• The process of transformation is as follows:
• The conjunction 'that' will be added and comma and inverted commas will be removed.
• In the Indirect speech 'said to' will be changed into 'told' because the reporting verb has an object, 'her brother.'
• The indirect speech will begin like 'Renu told her brother that.'
• Now we have to change the reported speech.
• Here the pronoun 'you' will be changed into 'he' and 'me' will be changed into 'her.'
• The past continuous 'were watching' will be changed into the past perfect continuous 'had been watching.'
• Finally, the indirect speech is 'Renu told her brother that he had been watching the show without her.'
• ​So, the correct answer is option 1.

Correct Sentence: Renu told her brother that he had been watching the show without her.