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He said to us, “Are you going to Mumbai today?” Change into indirect speech.

He said to us, “Are you going to Mumbai today?” Change into indirect speech.

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  1. Indirect Speech: He asked us if we were going to Mumbai that day.

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

    Present Continuous Tense > Past Continuous Tense.

    And if the sentence is exclamatory, we use reporting verbs like exclaimed, admired, cried etc based on the sentence.

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