Question

He said, “This is what these statesmen are doing now." change the following sentence into indirect speech
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Answer 1

Answer:

He said that that was what those statesmen was doing then.

Answer 2

He said that that was what those statesmen were doing then.

Explanation:

'that' was added

, and " were removed

'this' becomes 'that'

'these' becomes 'those'

'are' becomes to past tense, that is 'were'

'now' becomes to 'then'

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