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My father said to me, “Why are you not studying for the examination?” Change into indirect speech.

My father said to me, “Why are you not studying for the examination?” Change into indirect speech.

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    2. Lucifer
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      better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven
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      Indirect Speech: My father asked me why I am not studying for the examination.

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

      Present Indefinite Tense > Past Indefinite Tense.

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

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    3. Zainab Shaikh

      Indirect Speech: My father asked me why I was not studying for the examination.

      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 interrogative, we use the reporting verbs – asked, enquired, etc.

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