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The teacher said to the students, “How many of you did attend the class?” Change into Indirect Speech

The teacher said to the students, “How many of you did attend the class?” Change into Indirect Speech

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  1. Indirect Speech: The teacher asked the students that how many of them had attended the class.

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

    Past Indefinite Tense > Past Perfect Tense.

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

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