change "what were you doing at that time?" to reported speech

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When we change the sentence provided into the reported speech, we have 'He asked what I was doing at that time,' as further explained below.What is reported speech?Reported speech, also called indirect speech, refers to reporting what someone else said. It is compared to direct speech in the sense that this one restates exactly what was said. See the examples below:Direct speech: Jason asked, "Where did she go last night?"Reported speech: Jason asked where she had gone the previous night.To change a sentence from direct speech to reported speech, we can follow a few guidelines:Remove the quotation marks.Remove auxiliary verbs used to indicate an interrogative sentence.Use the past form of the original verb: present - past; past - past perfect; will - would.Remove the question mark.Change pronouns as necessary.Therefore, we can conclude that we have correctly changed the question in the sentence into the reported speech. Learn more about reported speech below:https://brainly.com/question/15886943#SPJ1