Can you change the direct speech sentence what were you doing into indirect speech

❒ Reported Speech:

➺ Reported Speech is a way of words spoken by a person are put in our own words or the exact words spoken by a person are used.

❒ There are two ways of reporting what someone has spoken:

a) When the exact words spoken by a person are used , it is called direct speech.

b) When the words spoken by a person are put in our own words , it is called indirect speech.

❒ Related information :

❍ How verbs change in reported speech?

the penalty for defying creon's decree is death, as can be seen in the tragedy. if you do obey him however, all is forgiven