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I said to the guard, “When does the next train come in?” Change into Indirect Speech

I said to the guard, “When does the next train come in?” Change into Indirect Speech

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    Indirect Speech: I asked the guard when the next train would come in.

    Explanation: When the reporting verb is in the past (said) and the simple present tense is used as a future form, it becomes would + verb, not simple past tense.

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

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