Question

convert it into indirect speech
1- "what are you going to do with the tinder-box?" asked the soldier. That's no business of yours,"said the witch , "You have got your money give me my tinder box."
2- "How very well you speak French!" Lady Grizzel said, " I ought to know it," Becky modestly said ,"I taught it in a school , and my mother was Frenchwomen."​

Answer 1

Explanation:

1- the soldier asked the witch what she was going to do with the tinder-box. She replied that it was no business of his. Since he had got his money, she demanded that he should give her her tinder-box.

Answer 2

The answer is as follows;

1. The soldier asked the witch what is he going to do with the tinder box. The witch replied that it is not his business and added that he has got his money and ordered him to give back her tinder box.

2. Lady Grizzle praised Becky for her French proficiency to which she replied that she taught French in a school. She also added that her mother was a French Woman.

EXPLANATION

• Indirect speech is a way of quoting the contents of someone else's utterance without actually quoting it.
• Example - Ram said that she might skip his school.
• Direct speech is reporting the content exactly the way it was spoken.
• Example - Ram said, "I may skip my school".
• Rules to convert direct speech into indirect speech are as follows;

1. The sentence ends with a full stop.
2. All the inverted commas are removed.
3. If the reporting verb is in the past tense then all the tenses in indirect speech will be changed to past tense.
4. The question word (where/what) will be used in a joining clause in the indirect speech.
5. Modal verbs such as 'may', 'can', and 'must' are changed to 'might', 'could', and 'might' respectively is used.
6. The imperative mood of the sentence is changed to infinitive.

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