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Baljider said to me, "I had been working on it for 5 days."

  • Baljinder told me that he had been working on it for 5 days.
  • Baljinder told me that he has been working on it for 5 days.
  • Baljinder told me that he had worked on it for 5 days.
  • Baljinder told me that he was working on it for 5 days.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

When Reporting verb in past Tense and reported speech is in "Past Perfect Continuous Tense", then we do not change the tense of the reported speech.

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