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David said, “Can we go tomorrow?” Change to indirect speech.

David said, “Can we go tomorrow?” Change to indirect speech.

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  1. Indirect Speech: David asked whether we could go the following day.

    Explanation: If the reporting verb is in the past tense, then the modals like can changes to could, may changes to might, will/shall change to would, have to changes to had to etc.

    And if the sentence is interrogative, we use the reporting verbs – asked, enquired, etc.

    Note: While answering to “yes or no questions”, we use if or whether.

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