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                                    13  Mohammad Mahfooz HussainDirect: He said to me, %u201cDo you like coffee?%u201dIndirect: He asked me if I liked coffee.Case %u2013 8: Interrogative (Wh %u2013 Interrogative)(I) If reported speech is a Wh %u2013 Interrogative sentence (i.e. double interrogative sentence), change the reporting verb to asked/ enquired.(II) No %u201cif/ whether%u201d.(III) Change Interrogative sentence into Assertive sentence.(IV) After reporting verb, start with Wh-word in indirect speech.Direct: He said to me, %u201cWhat are you doing?%u201dIndirect: He asked me what I was doing.Case %u2013 9: Question Tags(I) If the reporting verb is in Present;Say/ Says %u2192 Think/ThinksDirect: Alam says, %u201cYou took my help, didn%u2019t you?%u201dIndirect: Alam says that he thinks I took his help.Direct: She says to me, %u201cYou know me, don%u2019t you?%u201dIndirect: She tells me that she thinks I know her.
                                
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