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Q.Rewrite the following in reported (indirect) speech:
(a) The teacher said to the students, "Submit your projects by Friday."
(b) Ravi said, "I am going to Delhi tomorrow."
(c) She asked me, "Where do you live?"
(d) He said, "What a beautiful painting this is!"
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(a) The teacher told the students to submit their projects by Friday.
(b) Ravi said that he was going to Delhi the next day. (tense is -> was; tomorrow -> the next day)
(c) She asked me where I lived. (question becomes a statement; do you live -> I lived; no question mark)
(d) He exclaimed that that was a very beautiful painting. (exclamation reported with 'exclaimed that') …
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