Question

Mother said , Where have you been so long.

Answer 1

Answer:

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Mother asked that where he had been for so long.✔

Answer 2

Answer:

Direct speech: Mother said, "Where have you been so long?"

Indirect speech: Mother asked him/her where he/she had been so long.

Explanation:

While changing direct speech to indirect speech, we have to follow the:

• Changes in Verb Tense
• Changes in Reporting Verb
• Changes in Pronouns
• Changes in Punctuation
• Changes in Modal Auxiliaries
• Changes in Time Markers
• Commands and Requests
• Reported Questions

So, while changing the sentence-Mother said, "Where have you been so long?"-into indirect speech:

• Said changes to asked because it is a question.
• Present Perfect Continuous changes to Past Perfect Continuous
• You changes to he/she