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Avneesh said, "Sanchit, what are you doing in the garden at this time?" (Identify and rewrite the correct 'indirect narration' from the following options.)

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Avneesh said, "Sanchit, what are you doing in the garden at this time?"

(Identify and rewrite the correct 'indirect narration' from the following options.)

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  • Avneesh asked Sanchit what he was doing in the garden at that time.

  • Avneesh wanted to know from Sanchit his cause of being there in the garden.

  • Avneesh asked Sanchit whether he was present in the garden at that time.

  • Avneesh asked Sanchit whether he was doing in the garden at that time.

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Avneesh asked Sanchit what he was doing in the garden at that time.

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