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He said to her, “Did you not go to the market?”  Choose the correct indirect speech
He told her that she did not go to the market.
He asked her that she did not gone to the market.
He asked her if she had not gone to the market.
He asked her that had she not gone to the market.
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Correct Answer: He asked her if she had not gone to the market.
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