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John said, “How could I have failed?” Change into Indirect Speech

John said, “How could I have failed?” Change into Indirect Speech

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  1. Indirect Speech: John asked that how he could have failed.

    Explanation: If the reporting verb is in the past tense, then the modals like can changes to could, 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.

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