Question

Convert the following into Indirect Speech.
1. He said to me, "I have often told you not to play with fire."
2. "You have all done it very badly," remarked the teacher.
3. They wrote, "It is time we thought about settling this matter."
4. The teacher promised, "If you come before school tomorrow, I will
explain it."
5. She wrote, "I am waiting and watching and longing for my son's return."
6. The examiner's orders were, "No one is to bring books into the room nor ask
me questions about what I have told you to do."
7. The dwarf said to her, "Promise me that when you are Queen you will give me
your first-born child."
8. "That is my horse," said he, "and if I do not prove it in a few minutes I will
give up my claim."​

Answer 1

Answer:

he told me that he had often told me not to play with fire

the teacher remarked that he had all done it very badly

they wrote that it was time they had thought about settling that matter

the teacher promised if he came before school the next day he would explain it

she wrote that she was waiting and watching and longing for her son's return

the examiner ordered that no one was to bring books into the room nor ask him questions about what he had told him to do

the dwarf told her to promise him that when she was queen she would give him her first born child

he said that it was his horse and if he did not prove it in a few minutes he would give up his claim