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My mother said to me, “Are your brothers playing in the garden?” Change into Indirect Speech

My mother said to me, “Are your brothers playing in the garden?” Change into Indirect Speech

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  1. Indirect Speech: My mother asked me whether my brothers were playing in the garden.

    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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