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Question
Rewrite the following in indirect speech.
“What! Are you drawing it all out again?” he asked in surprise.
“Yes, the whole thing,” I said.
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Solution
He exclaimed in surprise and asked whether I was drawing it all out again. I replied in the affirmative that I would draw the whole thing.
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