Put these sentences into indirect speech:
1. The stranger said to the farmer, "I am completely lost and I am quite scared."
2. The farmer said, "I will show you the way out of the forest if you come with me."
3. The captain said to the prince, "Our ship can sail very fast and even if we do not start till midnight, we will be able to reach England earlier than anyone else."
4. Mr Menon said, "My savings in the bank now exceed ten Thousand dollars. I will go back
to my village and settle in a farm house."
5. The youngman said to the judge, "My lord, some time ago I lent this man ten thousand rupees but he has never paid them back." (...told the judge respectfully that...)
6. I shall go to my boss and say, "Sir, I have tried my best and can do no more work."
7. He said, "I regret that the goods I supplied were of an inferior quality."
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Answers
1. THE stranger told the farmer that he was completely lost and was quite scared .
2. The farmer said that he will show me the way out of the forest if I come with him.
3. The captain told the prince that their ship can sail very fast and even if they did not start till midnight, they will be able to reach England earlier than anyone else.
4.Mr Menon said that his savings in the bank now exceeded ten thousand dollars. He will go back to his village and settle in a farm.
5. The Youngman told the judge that My lord sometime ago he lent this man ten thousand rupees but he had never paid them back
6. I shall go to my boss and would say that i have tried my best and can do no more work.
7. He said that he regret that the goods he supplied were of an inferior quality
Answer:
1) The stranger told the farmer that he was completely lost & he was quite scared.
2) The farmer said that he would show me the way out of the forest if I come with him.
3) The caption told the prince that their ship could sail very fast & even if they did not start till midnight,