Exercise 1
Change into indirect speech
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.'
9. 'I will avenge your wrongs,' he cried. 'I will not enter Athens until I have punished
the king who had so cruelly treated you.'
10. He wrote and said, 'I am unable to come just now because I am ill, but I will
certainly start as soon as I am well enough to do so.'
Answers
Answer:
Q.7 the dwarf said to her,” promise me that when you are queen you will give me your first born child
Ans. Tha dwarf asked her to promise him that when she was queen she should give him her first born child
Q.8 that is my horse,’ said he, and if I do not prove it in a few minutes I will give up my claim
Ans. He said that it was his horse and that if he did not prove it in a few minutes he would give up his claim
Q.9 ‘ I will avenge your wrongs’ he cried, I will not enter Athens until I have punished the king who had so cruelly treated you
Ans. He cried that he would have avenge her wrongs and that he would not enter Athens until he punished the king who had cruelly treated her
Q.10 he wrote and said,’ I am unable to come just now because I am ill, but I will certainly start as soon as I am well enough to do so
Ans. He wrote and said that he was unable to come just then because he was ill but he would certainly start as soon as he was well enough to do so
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