Question

B. Turn the following into indirect speech:
1. He said "Tomorrow I shall see no more."
2. I said "We ought to admit the error."
e said, "He must always be the first."
8. She said. "I can hardly keep my hands off that rascal."
9. Aunt Polly said, "You can work when you want to."
10. She said, "He will go far."​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. He told that he would see no more the next day.

2. I told that we ought to admit the error.

3. He told that he must always be the first.

8. She told that she could hardly keep her hands off that rascal.

9. Aunt Polly told that I could work when I wanted to.

10. She told that he would go far.

Explanation:

• The speaker and the reported verb remain unchanged.
• The comma and the quote after the reporting verb are placed by that.
• The words expressing nearness of time and place are changed to the words expressing remoteness.
• If the reporting verb is in past tense, the tense of the reported verb is changed into the corresponding past form.
• The 1st person in direct speech is changed into the person of the speaker.
• The 2nd person of direct speech is changed into the person of the person spoken to.
• The 3rd person in direct speech never get changed.

Answer 2

Answer:-

1. He told that he would see the no more next day.

2. I told that we ought to admit the error .

3. He told that he must always be the first.

4. she told that she could hardly keep her hands off that rascal.

5. Aunt Polly told that she could work when she wanted to.

6. She told that he would go far.