Question

report the following in indirect speech:
1. The teacher said,"we must do our duty".
2.He said to me,"I can easily beat you in the match'
3.The lady said,"I have not been able to finish my work this evening"
4.I said to him, "I do not think you are working hard." He replied," You are quite mistaken, I am working very hard."
5.I said," I shall finish my work as quickly as I can."
6. The poet said,"sweet are the uses of adversity."
7."I have acted wisely,"said Amit," in what I did."
8. He said to me,"I have often told not to play with fire."
9. she said, "It is time we thought of settling this issue."
10."That is my horse, " said he, "and if you want to borrow it, ask my father."
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Answer 1

Answer:

all are in indirect speech

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

1. The teacher said that we must do our duties.

2. He told me that he could beat me easily in the match.

3. The lady said that she could not complete her work that evening.

4. I told him that I did not think that he was working hard. He assured me he was working very hard.

5. I said that I would finish my work as quickly as I could.

6. The poet prophesied sweet are the the uses of adversity.

7. Amit told that he had acted wisely in what he did.

8. He told me that he had often told not to play with fire.

9. She said that it was time they thought of settling the issue.

10. He asserted that it was his horse and if I wanted to borrow it, I should ask his father.