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The teacher said to the pupils, “What are you doing?” Change into Indirect

The teacher said to the pupils, “What are you doing?” Change into Indirect

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  1. Indirect Speech: The teacher asked the pupils that what they were doing.

    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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