Change the following sentences into indirect speech.
1. The teacher said to John,'Why are you late?
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The teacher asked john why he was late.
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The teacher asked John why he was late.
Explanation:
*The given question is in direct speech interrogative sentence "wh" type.
*We have to convert the question into indirect speech.
*So we have to follow the interrogative rules.
*In the reporting speech,"said to" is changed into "asked".
*In the reported speech,comma and quotation are removed.
*Tense and pronoun are changed.
*So the answer is,
The teacher asked John why he was late.
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