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Change the following into Indirect Speech. “Are you coming home with me?” he asked. - English

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Change the following into Indirect Speech.

“Are you coming home with me?” he asked.

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He asked whether I was coming home with him.

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Chapter 6.1: Friendship - Grammar [Page 167]

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