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Deepika said to me, “When did you arrive here?” Change into indirect speech.

Deepika said to me, “When did you arrive here?” Change into indirect speech.

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  1. Indirect Speech: Deepika asked me when I had arrived there.

    Explanation: When the reporting verb is in the past (said) and the direct speech is in the past indefinite tense, then the indirect (reported) speech will change into the past perfect tense.

    Past Indefinite Tense > Past Perfect Tense.

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

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