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Change the following into Direct Speech. I asked Mary if she would lend me a pencil.

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Change the following an into Direct Speech.

I asked Mary if she would lend me a pencil.

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I said to Mary, “Will you lend me a pencil?”

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Chapter 6.1: Friendship - Grammar [Page 169]

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Samacheer Kalvi English Class 8 TN Board
Chapter 6.1 Friendship
Grammar | Q D) 10. | Page 169

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