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My father said, “Be careful while you drive in the rain.” Change into Indirect Speech

My father said, “Be careful while you drive in the rain.” Change into Indirect Speech

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  1. Indirect Speech: My father asked me to be careful while I drove in the rain.

    Explanation: While reporting imperative sentences we use reporting verbs like ask, request, beg, order, advise, wish etc to match the mood of the sentence.

    And when the reporting verb is in the past (said) and the direct speech is in the present indefinite tense (simple present tense), then the indirect (reported) speech will change into the past indefinite tense.

    Present Indefinite Tense > Past Indefinite Tense

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