Direct speech : - Direct speech is used to report or rather repeat the words spoken by the speaker or writer in the way it is told by the speaker .

Indirect speech : - Indirect speech is the way in which you convey what someone said to another person, not necessarily using the exact words of the speaker.

Changing Indirect Speech into Direct Speech:  When we write a sentence in indirect Speech we  use the coordinating conjunctions to join the two parts.  In direct speech while converting the sentence into direct speech we separate the introducing verb by a comma and a quoted speech. The quoted speech always begins with a capital letter and is placed within inverted commas.

Change in tenses: We often have to change the tense of the verb in the spoken words. A verb in the simple past usually changes to the simple present in direct speech:

• Aly said all books were in that drawer. ( Indirect Speech )
• All books are in this drawer"; said Aly. ( Direct Speech )

In the question : -

They told me that they had been playing basketball.

The Direct speech of the above sentence is :

They told me ," We were playing basketball” .

While converting into direct speech , firstly , place reporter 's speech into inverted commas , then convert past perfect continuous into past continuous tense means were change into had been and then place object of the sentence which is football here .

Thus , the Correct Option is B , which is They told me ," We were playing basketball” .

Direct speech : - Direct speech is used to report or rather repeat the words spoken by the speaker or writer in the way it is told by the speaker .

Indirect speech : - Indirect speech is the way in which you convey what someone said to another person, not necessarily using the exact words of the speaker.

Changing Indirect Speech into Direct Speech:  When we write a sentence in indirect Speech we  use the coordinating conjunctions to join the two parts.  In direct speech while converting the sentence into direct speech we separate the introducing verb by a comma and a quoted speech. The quoted speech always begins with a capital letter and is placed within inverted commas.

Change in tenses: We often have to change the tense of the verb in the spoken words. A verb in the simple past usually changes to the simple present in direct speech:

• Aly said all books were in that drawer. ( Indirect Speech )
• All books are in this drawer"; said Aly. ( Direct Speech )

In the question : -

She told me that she had been to San Francisco.

The Direct speech of the above sentence is :

She told me , “I have been to San Francisco” .

While converting into direct speech , firstly , place reporter 's speech into inverted commas , then convert Present Perfect Continuous to Past Perfect Continuous means have been change into had been and then place object of the sentence which is San Francisco here .

Thus , the Correct Option is D , which is She told me , “I have been to San Francisco” .

Direct speech : - Direct speech is used to report or rather repeat the words spoken by the speaker or writer in the way it is told by the speaker .

Indirect speech : - Indirect speech is the way in which you convey what someone said to another person, not necessarily using the exact words of the speaker.

Changing Indirect Speech into Direct Speech:  When we write a sentence in indirect Speech we  use the coordinating conjunctions to join the two parts.  In direct speech while converting the sentence into direct speech we separate the introducing verb by a comma and a quoted speech. The quoted speech always begins with a capital letter and is placed within inverted commas.

Change in tenses: We often have to change the tense of the verb in the spoken words. A verb in the simple past usually changes to the simple present in direct speech:

• Aly said all books were in that drawer. ( Indirect Speech )
• All books are in this drawer"; said Aly. ( Direct Speech )

In the question : -

1. She said that Irvin had arrived on Sunday.

The Direct speech of the above sentence is :

She said, “Irvin arrived on Sunday.”

While converting into direct speech , firstly , place reporter 's speech into inverted commas , then convert Simple Past perfect Changes to Past simple means had arrived change into arrived and then the object which is sunday here .

2. She said that she would be in Scotland the next day.

The Direct speech of the above sentence is :

She said, “I will be in Scotland tomorrow.” 

While converting into direct speech , firstly , place reporter 's speech into inverted commas , Present Conditional changes into future tense means would be change into will be and then the object which is Scotland here .

Thus , the Correct Option is A , which is 1. She said, “Irvin arrived on Sunday.” 2. She said, “I will be in Scotland tomorrow.”