Question

Do as indicated in the following statement:
The teacher said to the students, "Why are you not doing your homework?"
(Change into indirect speech) [Intermediate]

Answer 1

In an indirect speech, the present continuous tense is always converted into past continuous tense.

In 'Wh' questions, we use the same question word in the indirect speech.

NOTE: We can't put a question mark at the end of an indirect sentence and hence the sentence should be a simple sentence.

ANSWER: The teacher asked the students why they were not doing their homework.