Question

Exercise-1 Change from Direct into Indirect Speech :
1. You are old enough to earn your living now." said the father to his son.
2. "I will not give you a single penny," said the old man to the beggar.
3. "It will rain tonight," said the father to the children.
4. He wrote to me. "I am unable to attend the wedding as I am going on a tour."
6. The Headmaster said to the boys. "You will leave for a tour soon."
6. The teacher said to Sita, "You have not done well in the maths paper."
7. He said, "All the students were making a noise."
8. Radha said, "The servant came back at noon.'
9. She said, “I am doing my work."
10. The princess said, "It gives me great pleasure to be here this evening."​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. The father told his son that he was old enough to earn his living then.
2. The old man told the beggar that he would not give him a single penny.
3. The father told the children that it would rain that night.
4. He wrote to me that he was unable to attend the wedding as he was going on a tour.
5. The headmaster told the boys that they would leave for a tour soon.
6. The teacher told Sita that she had not done well in the maths paper.
7. He said that all the students had been making a noise.
8. Radha said that the servant had come back at noon.
9. She said that she was doing her work.
10. The princess said that it gave her great pleasure to be there that evening.