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    Question

    Change the following sentence to Indirect Speech.

    The passenger asked the ticket collector, "Is this train running late?"
    A The passenger asked the ticket collector if this train has been running late. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B The passenger asked the ticket collector if that train was running late. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C The passenger wanted to know if the train will be running late. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D The ticket collector was asked by the passenger if this train is running late. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    to convert it into indirect speech commas and inverted commas are get removed. The conjunction that will not be used. In indirect form if is used in place of question mark. So option 2 clarifies all the rules of indirect speech.

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